Where does “nife” come from?
nife (English) comes from English Fe, from English forty-eighth, from English -th, from Middle English -eth, from Old English -eþ, from Proto-Germanic -þi, from Proto-Indo-European -ti.
nife (English): nickel–iron, especially the material that makes...
Definitions
- nickel–iron, especially the material that makes...
Ancestry of “nife”, step by step
nife traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Fe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Fe | American Library Association abbreviation for... |
| 2 | English | forty-eighth | The ordinal form of the number forty-eight,... |
| 3 | English | -th | Used to form nouns from verbs of action; Used to... |
| 4 | Middle English | -eth | Used to form the third-person singular present... |
| 5 | Old English | -eþ | Third person singular present indicative ending of class 1 weak verbs |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -þi | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ti | — |