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Where does “ⲙⲉⲑⲣⲉ” come from?
ⲙⲉⲑⲣⲉ (Coptic) comes from Egyptian mdwt, from Egyptian -t, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -t.
Ancestry of “ⲙⲉⲑⲣⲉ”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Egyptian
mdwt
words, speech, things said
2
Egyptian
-t
Used to form feminine singular forms of nouns; An...
3
Proto-Afro-Asiatic
-t
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Words derived from “ⲙⲉⲑⲣⲉ”
ⲙⲉⲧⲙⲉⲧⲣⲏ
ⲉⲣⲙⲉⲑⲣⲉ
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