Where does “ⲉⲙⲉⲛⲧ” come from?
ⲉⲙⲉⲛⲧ (Coptic) comes from Demotic jmnṱ, from Egyptian jmntj, from Egyptian jmnt, from Egyptian jmn, from Egyptian mn, from Proto-Vietic kaw, from Dutch kauwen, from Middle Dutch couwen — to chew.
ⲉⲙⲉⲛⲧ (Coptic): West
Definitions
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Ancestry of “ⲉⲙⲉⲛⲧ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Demotic | jmnṱ | west, western |
| 2 | Egyptian | jmntj | western; right |
| 3 | Egyptian | jmnt | west, the West; right side; the Duat, the... |
| 4 | Egyptian | jmn | to hide, to conceal; to hide, to be hidden or... |
| 5 | Egyptian | mn | to be established, to be fixed or set; to stick,... |
| 6 | Proto-Vietic | kaw | — |
| 7 | Dutch | kauwen | to chew |
| 8 | Middle Dutch | couwen | to chew |
| 9 | Old Dutch | kiuwan | to chew |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | keuwan | to chew |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | kewwaną | to chew |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵyewh₁- | to chew |