nickname
English
/ˈnɪkneɪm/
noun
Definitions
- A familiar, invented given name for a person or thing used instead of the actual name of the person or thing.
- A kind of byname that describes a person by a characteristic of that person.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English nekename root from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg- (increase, enlarge, related to increasement, grow, become many).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂ewg-
Gloss
increase, enlarge, related to increasement, grow, become many
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
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Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- auxiliary English
- nicknameable English
- nicknameless English
- nicknamer English
- Augustus Latin
- Augustīnus Latin
- auctor Latin
- auctorizo Latin
- auctrix Latin
- augeō, augere Latin
- augmentum Latin
- augmentātiō Latin
- augustus Latin
- exauctōrāre Latin
- Nickname German
- auteur French
- αὐγή Ancient Greek
- αὐξάνειν Ancient Greek
- αὐξάνω Ancient Greek
- *h₂ewg- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂owg-éye-ti Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂ógeh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- økenavn Norwegian Bokmål
- *auk Proto-Germanic
- *aukaną Proto-Germanic
- *aukô Proto-Germanic
- *wahsijaną, *wahsaną Proto-Germanic
- ニックネーム Japanese
- eken Middle English
- nekename Middle English
- aukanafn Old Norse
- navn Danish
- øge Danish
- øgenavn Danish
- أوج Arabic
- اوگ Persian
- 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌰𐌿𐌺𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌰𐌿𐌺𐌽𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌱𐌹𐌰𐌿𐌺𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌱𐌹𐌰𐌿𐌺𐌽𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌲𐌰𐌰𐌿𐌺𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *ouxselos Proto-Celtic
- 닉네임 Korean
- *augeō Proto-Italic
- augti Lithuanian
- aukštas Lithuanian
- *(h)aug- Proto-Albanian
- *augtei Proto-Balto-Slavic
- leistagst Mòcheno
- auk- Tocharian B
- oko Tocharian B