Where does “nokafen” come from?
nokafen (Luxembourgish) comes from Luxembourgish no, from Luxembourgish Noriicht, from Luxembourgish riichten, from Old High German rihten, from Proto-West Germanic rihtijan, from Proto-Germanic rihtijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
nokafen (Luxembourgish): to buy at a later point in time
Definitions
- to buy at a later point in time
Ancestry of “nokafen”, step by step
nokafen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Luxembourgish no
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luxembourgish | no | after; according to; to, towards |
| 2 | Luxembourgish | Noriicht | item of news |
| 3 | Luxembourgish | riichten | to direct; to judge; to straighten, to right |
| 4 | Old High German | rihten | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | rihtijan | to straighten to set straight; to align, to... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | rihtijaną | to straighten, to set straight; to align, to... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |