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
Ancestry of “nemesfém”, step by step
nemesfém traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian nemes
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | nemes | noble; noble, nobleman |
| 2 | Egyptian | nms | linen cloth (used in ritual) |
| 3 | Egyptian | m- | forms masculine abstract nouns from verbs, with... |
| 4 | Proto-Afro-Asiatic | *m- | — |
via Hungarian fém
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | fém | metal |
| 2 | Hungarian | fémlik | — |
Words derived from “nemesfém”