Where does “ξῐ́φος” come from?
ξῐ́φος (Ancient Greek) comes from Egyptian zft, from Egyptian -t, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -t.
ξῐ́φος (Ancient Greek): sword, the short, straight, double-edged sword of...
Definitions
- sword, the short, straight, double-edged sword of...
Ancestry of “ξῐ́φος”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Egyptian | zft | sword; knife |
| 2 | Egyptian | -t | Used to form feminine singular forms of nouns; An... |
| 3 | Proto-Afro-Asiatic | -t | — |
Words derived from “ξῐ́φος”