Where does “ⲁⲣⲏⲩ” come from?
ⲁⲣⲏⲩ (Coptic) comes from Demotic ꜥrw, from Egyptian -w, from Proto-Afroasiatic -u.
ⲁⲣⲏⲩ (Coptic): perhaps
Ancestry of “ⲁⲣⲏⲩ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Demotic | ꜥrw | — |
| 2 | Egyptian | -w | Used to form the masculine plural forms of nouns... |
| 3 | Proto-Afroasiatic | -u | — |