Where does “ⲁⲡⲉ” come from?

ⲁⲡⲉ (Coptic) comes from Egyptian jpt, from Egyptian -t, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -t.

ⲁⲡⲉ (Coptic): head

Definitions

  1. head

Ancestry of “ⲁⲡⲉ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Egyptianjptoipe, a dry measure of volume equivalent to 4...
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 jpt