Where does “ⲉⲣⲙⲉⲑⲣⲉ” come from?

ⲉⲣⲙⲉⲑⲣⲉ (Coptic) comes from Coptic ⲙⲉⲑⲣⲉ, from Egyptian mdwt, from Egyptian -t, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -t.

ⲉⲣⲙⲉⲑⲣⲉ (Coptic): to be a witness, to bear witness

Definitions

  1. to be a witness, to bear witness

Ancestry of “ⲉⲣⲙⲉⲑⲣⲉ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Copticⲙⲉⲑⲣⲉ—
2Egyptianmdwtwords, speech, things said
3Egyptian-tUsed to form feminine singular forms of nouns; An...
4Proto-Afro-Asiatic-t—
Every word from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -t →Every word from Egyptian -t →Every word from Egyptian mdwt →