neven
English
verb
Definitions
- (obsolete) To give as a name to; name; call (someone something).
- (obsolete) To appoint; nominate.
- (obsolete) To mention; speak of; give an account of; tell.
- (UK) To utter; mention the name of.
- (UK) To tell or make mention of (a person or thing); specify; designate.
- (obsolete) To say; speak.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English nevenen inherited from Old English nemnan (name call) borrowed from Old Norse nefna (mention, call, name) inherited from Proto-Germanic *namnijaną (name).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*namnijaną
Gloss
name
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
名
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Indo-European
- nevne Norwegian Bokmål
- *namnijaną Proto-Germanic
- anemnan Old English
- benemnan Old English
- genemnan Old English
- nemnan Old English
- nemning Old English
- tonemnan Old English
- nempne Middle English
- nevenen Middle English
- nefna Old Norse
- nefnd Old Norse
- nævne Danish
- nefna Icelandic
- nefnari Icelandic
- nemnen Old High German
- nevna Faroese
- 𐌽𐌰𐌼𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *nemnen Old Dutch
- nemnian Old Saxon
- næmna Old Swedish
- namna Old Frisian