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name

Source:*jьmęProto-Slaviccertain

English

name

Polish

imię
ˈimjɛ
Cognate· distant (Indo-European)Same source — the sound laws connect them.

In all five languages

BCS script
  • Russian
    и́мяimja
    ˈimʲəinherited
  • Ukrainian
    ім’я́imʼja
    iˈmjainherited
  • Polish
    imię
    ˈimjɛinherited
  • Czech
    jméno
    ˈjmɛːnoinherited

    From the longer stem *jьmen- (genitive *jьmene).

  • Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
    imeиме
    ˈimeinherited
  • English
    name

    Distant English relative — Name, Latin nomen and *jьmę go back to one Indo-European word.

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