Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryThe taking of property for the purpose of compensation. · Goods taken in such a manner.
From Middle English nam, naam, from Old English nām (“seizure of property”), probably from Old Norse nám (“occupation; acquisition, learning, study”, literally “taking”), from Proto-Germanic *nēmō (“taking”), from Proto-Germanic *nemaną (“to take”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *nem- (“to take”). Cognate with Old English nǣm (“taking, acceptance”), Old High German nāma ("seizure, confiscation"; > German Nahme).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Root classification mention*nem-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionnamenm
- Inherited-form mentionnāmang · seizure of property
- Derivation mentionnámnon · occupation; acquisition, learning, study
- Derivation mention*nēmōgem-pro · taking
- Derivation mention*nemanągem-pro · to take
- Derivation mention*nem-ine-pro · to take
- Cognate mentionnǣmang · taking, acceptance
- Cognate mentionnāmagoh
- Cognate mentionNahmede
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