Where does “ⲙⲉⲧⲁⲧⲉⲙⲓ” come from?

ⲙⲉⲧⲁⲧⲉⲙⲓ (Coptic) comes from Coptic ⲙⲉⲧ-, from Demotic mt, from Egyptian mdt, from Egyptian -t, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -t.

ⲙⲉⲧⲁⲧⲉⲙⲓ (Coptic): ignorance, innocence

Definitions

  1. ignorance, innocence

Ancestry of “ⲙⲉⲧⲁⲧⲉⲙⲓ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Copticⲙⲉⲧ-—
2Demoticmtspeech, matter
3Egyptianmdtword; a speech; the text of a command
4Egyptian-tUsed to form feminine singular forms of nouns; An...
5Proto-Afro-Asiatic-t—
Every word from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -t →Every word from Egyptian -t →Every word from Coptic ⲙⲉⲧ- →