Where does “ⲙⲁϣϫ” come from?
ⲙⲁϣϫ (Coptic) comes from Demotic msḏꜥ, from Demotic msḏr, from Egyptian msḏr, from Egyptian m-, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic *m-.
ⲙⲁϣϫ (Coptic): ear
Ancestry of “ⲙⲁϣϫ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Demotic | msḏꜥ | ear |
| 2 | Demotic | msḏr | — |
| 3 | Egyptian | msḏr | ear |
| 4 | Egyptian | m- | forms masculine abstract nouns from verbs, with... |
| 5 | Proto-Afro-Asiatic | *m- | — |