Where does “ⲙϩⲓⲧ” come from?

ⲙϩⲓⲧ (Coptic) comes from Egyptian mḥtj, from Egyptian mḥt, from Egyptian -t, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -t.

ⲙϩⲓⲧ (Coptic): north

Definitions

  1. north

Ancestry of “ⲙϩⲓⲧ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Egyptianmḥtjnorthern
2EgyptianmḥtNile delta
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 mḥt →