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1996
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name particular designation OE.; reputation XIII. OE.
nama,
noma = OS., OHG.
namo (Du.
naam, G.
name), ON.
nafn,
namn, Goth.
namo :- Gmc. *
naman-, f. an IE. base *
onōmen-, *
enōmen- repr. by L.
nōmen, Gr.
ónoma, dial.
ónuma,
ōnum-, OSl.
imę (Russ.
ímya), OIr.
aińm, OW.
anu, W.
enw, Skr.
nāman-.
So
name vb. OE.
(ġe)namian; repl. ME.
nemne, OE.
nemnan :- *
namnjan.
namely †especially XII, that is to say XV. ME.
name-,
nomeliche, corr. to MDu.
namelīke (Du.
namelijk), MHG.
nam(e)-,
nam(e)līc̄he (G.
nämlich especially), ON.
nafnliga by name.
namesake XVII. prob. orig. said of persons or things coupled together ‘for the
name('s) sake’.
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