Where does “nemes” come from?

nemes (Hungarian) comes from Egyptian nms, from Egyptian m-, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic *m-.

nemes (Hungarian): noble; noble, nobleman

Definitions

  1. noble; noble, nobleman

Ancestry of “nemes”, step by step

nemes traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Egyptian nms

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Egyptiannmslinen cloth (used in ritual)
2Egyptianm-forms masculine abstract nouns from verbs, with...
3Proto-Afro-Asiatic*m-—

via Hungarian nem

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariannemno, not; no; sex, gender
2Proto-Finno-Ugricneno, not

via Arabic نِمْس

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicنِمْس—

Words derived from “nemes”

Every word from Proto-Afro-Asiatic *m- →Every word from Egyptian m- →Every word from Egyptian nms →