Where does “tavut” come from?

tavut (Albanian) comes from Neapolitan tavuto, from Arabic تَابُوت, from Classical Syriac ܬܝܒܘܬܐ, from Egyptian ḏbꜣt, from Egyptian -t, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -t.

tavut (Albanian): coffin

Definitions

  1. coffin

Ancestry of “tavut”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Neapolitantavutocoffin
2Arabicتَابُوتcoffin; box, coffin
3Classical Syriacܬܝܒܘܬܐ—
4Egyptianḏbꜣtsarcophagus (in general)
5Egyptian-tUsed to form feminine singular forms of nouns; An...
6Proto-Afro-Asiatic-t—
Every word from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -t →Every word from Egyptian -t →Every word from Egyptian ḏbꜣt →