Where does “ξιφίας” come from?

ξιφίας (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek ξίφος, from Egyptian zft, from Egyptian -t, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -t.

ξιφίας (Ancient Greek): swordfish; type of comet

Definitions

  1. swordfish; type of comet

Ancestry of “ξιφίας”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekξίφοςsword, the short, straight, double-edged sword of...
2Egyptianzftsword; knife
3Egyptian-tUsed to form feminine singular forms of nouns; An...
4Proto-Afro-Asiatic-t—

Words derived from “ξιφίας”

Every word from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -t →Every word from Egyptian -t →Every word from Egyptian zft →