Where does “ንግሥት” come from?

ንግሥት (Amharic) comes from Amharic ንጉሥ, from Ge'ez ንጉሥ, from Ge'ez ነግሠ — to rule, reign.

ንግሥት (Amharic): queen

Definitions

  1. queen

Ancestry of “ንግሥት”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Amharicንጉሥking
2Ge'ezንጉሥking
3Ge'ezነግሠto rule, reign
Every word from Ge'ez ነግሠ →Every word from Ge'ez ንጉሥ →Every word from Amharic ንጉሥ →