Where does “تیمساح” come from?

تیمساح (Central Kurdish) comes from Arabic تِمْسَاح, from Coptic ⲙⲥⲁϩ, from Egyptian mzḥ — crocodile.

تیمساح (Central Kurdish): crocodile

Definitions

  1. crocodile

Ancestry of “تیمساح”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicتِمْسَاح—
2Copticⲙⲥⲁϩcrocodile
3Egyptianmzḥcrocodile
Every word from Egyptian mzḥ →Every word from Coptic ⲙⲥⲁϩ →Every word from Arabic تِمْسَاح →