English
onomancy
Onomancy comes from Ancient Greek ὄνομα ‘name’, and goes back to Hittite ḫannaⁱ- ‘to sue, judge’.
- Hittitemodernḫannaⁱ-1transliteratedcuneiform ḫannaⁱ-, a transliteration; the original signs are in Wiktionary‘to sue, judge’
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁nómn̥2‘name’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*ónomə2‘name’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὄνομα3ónoma‘name’
- Englishtodayonomancy3
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥
- 2 Wiktionary, Ancient Greek ὄνομα
- 3 Wiktionary, English onomancy
Lineage
- Hittitemodernḫannaⁱ-Wiktionary, Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥transliteratedcuneiform ḫannaⁱ-, a transliteration; the original signs are in Wiktionary‘to sue, judge’
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁nómn̥Wiktionary, Ancient Greek ὄνομα‘name’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*ónoməWiktionary, Ancient Greek ὄνομα‘name’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὄνομαWiktionary, English onomancyónoma‘name’
- EnglishtodayonomancyWiktionary, English onomancy
Formed from -mancy
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ ‘name’
name, nomination, noun, allocate, nominal, nominate, renown, misnomer, nominative, ignominious, ignominy, 30 more
through Ancient Greek ὄνομα ‘name’
Today it means
noun divination by the letters of a name; nomancy
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Hittite ḫannaⁱ- / onomancy