Where does “nemesfém” come from?

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

nemesfém (Hungarian): noble metal

Definitions

  1. noble metal

Ancestry of “nemesfém”, step by step

nemesfém traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian nemes

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariannemesnoble; noble, nobleman
2Egyptiannmslinen cloth (used in ritual)
3Egyptianm-forms masculine abstract nouns from verbs, with...
4Proto-Afro-Asiatic*m-

via Hungarian fém

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianfémmetal
2Hungarianfémlik

Words derived from “nemesfém

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