Where does “Nominalwert” come from?
Nominalwert (German) comes from German nominal, from Latin nōminālis, from Latin nōmen, from Latin est, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- — to be.
Nominalwert (German): nominal value, face value
Definitions
- nominal value, face value
Ancestry of “Nominalwert”, step by step
Nominalwert traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German nominal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | nominal | nominal |
| 2 | Latin | nōminālis | nominal (of a name) |
| 3 | Latin | nōmen | name |
| 4 | Latin | est | third-person singular present active indicative... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ésti | to be |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁es- | to be |
via German wert
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | wert | worth something, worthy of something; worthy of... |
| 2 | Middle High German | wert | worthy, valuable, noble |
| 3 | Old High German | werd | worth |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | werþaz | worthy, valuable |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |