Where does “تَابُوت” come from?

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

تَابُوت (Arabic): coffin; box, coffin

Definitions

  1. coffin; box, coffin

Ancestry of “تَابُوت”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Syriacܬܝܒܘܬܐ—
2Egyptianḏbꜣtsarcophagus (in general)
3Egyptian-tUsed to form feminine singular forms of nouns; An...
4Proto-Afro-Asiatic-t—

Words derived from “تَابُوت”

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