Where does “ϫⲁⲧϥⲉ” come from?

ϫⲁⲧϥⲉ (Coptic) comes from Egyptian ḏdft, from Egyptian -t, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -t.

ϫⲁⲧϥⲉ (Coptic): reptile

Definitions

  1. reptile

Ancestry of “ϫⲁⲧϥⲉ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Egyptianḏdftany crawling legless animal; snake, serpent, worm
2Egyptian-tUsed to form feminine singular forms of nouns; An...
3Proto-Afro-Asiatic-t
Every word from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -tEvery word from Egyptian -tEvery word from Egyptian ḏdft