Where does “Ali en Fatima” come from?
Ali en Fatima (Dutch) comes from Dutch Ali, from Dutch Adelheid, from Dutch adel, from Middle Dutch adel, from Old Dutch athal, from Proto-West Germanic aþal, from Proto-Germanic aþalą, from Proto-Indo-European at-al — to grow, nourish; beyond, other; to wander, roam.
Ali en Fatima (Dutch): the stereotypical allochthonous Dutch commoners
Definitions
- the stereotypical allochthonous Dutch commoners
Ancestry of “Ali en Fatima”, step by step
Ali en Fatima traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch Ali
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | Ali | most common in the mid-twentieth century |
| 2 | Dutch | Adelheid | — |
| 3 | Dutch | adel | nobility |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | adel | — |
| 5 | Old Dutch | athal | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | aþal | nobility; race |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | aþalą | nature, disposition; nobility, race |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | at-al | family, race |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂el- | to grow, nourish; beyond, other; to wander, roam |