Where does “تابُوت” come from?

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

Ancestry of “تابُوت”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicتَابُوتcoffin; box, coffin
2Classical Syriacܬܝܒܘܬܐ—
3Egyptianḏbꜣtsarcophagus (in general)
4Egyptian-tUsed to form feminine singular forms of nouns; An...
5Proto-Afro-Asiatic-t—

Words derived from “تابُوت”

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