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Where does “Ἐπιφί” come from?

Ἐπιφί (Ancient Greek) comes from Egyptian jpj-jpj, from Egyptian jpt-ḥmt, from Egyptian jpt, from Egyptian -t, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -t.

Ancestry of “Ἐπιφί”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Egyptianjpj-jpj—
2Egyptianjpt-ḥmt—
3Egyptianjptoipe, a dry measure of volume equivalent to 4...
4Egyptian-tUsed to form feminine singular forms of nouns; An...
5Proto-Afro-Asiatic-t—

Words derived from “Ἐπιφί”

  • Epeiph
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