English · noun

name

‘label of a person or thing’
simplex — no productive affix

The same meaning in all five languages

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English
name
name
French
nom
nom
Hindi
नामnām
नाम
Telugu
పేరుpēru
పేరు
Tamil
பெயர்peyar
பெயர்
  • nameEnglish⟷nomFrench· cognates — inherited from one common ancestor
  • nameEnglish⟷नामHindi· cognates — inherited from one common ancestor
  • nomFrench⟷नामHindi· cognates — inherited from one common ancestor
  • பெயர்Tamil⟷పేరుTelugu· cognates — inherited from one common ancestor

How the graph explains it

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  1. 01name is an English noun with no productive affixal segmentation (simplex).1 step
    • rulerule:simplex
  2. 02Its meaning ('label of a person or thing') can be approximated as NAME in the Suffeffix atom interlingua.2 steps
  3. 03name is inherited from Reconstructed:PIE *h₁nómn̥ ‘name’ (confidence 0.80).3 steps
    • rulerule:etymology-hop
    • edgeedge:name-pie-en0.80
    • sourcewatkins0.80
  4. 04नाम is cognate with en name (confidence 0.85).3 steps
    • rulerule:etymology-hop
    • edgeedge:name-cog0.85
    • sourcewatkins0.85
  5. 05name is cognate with fr nom (confidence 0.85).3 steps
    • rulerule:etymology-hop
    • edgeedge:name-cog-fr-en0.85
    • sourcewatkins0.85
  6. 06Aligned forms: French nom (cognate); Hindi नाम (nām) (cognate); Tamil பெயர் (peyar) (translation equivalent); Telugu పేరు (pēru) (translation equivalent).1 step
    • rulerule:alignment

Where it came from

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  1. *h₁nómn̥Reconstructed:PIE— inherited →name accepted
    watkins0.80
  2. nameEnglish— cognate →नाम accepted
    watkins0.85
  3. nomFrench— cognate →name accepted
    watkins0.85