Where does “ⲙⲉⲧⲣⲱⲙⲓ” come from?

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

ⲙⲉⲧⲣⲱⲙⲓ (Coptic): humanity, mankind

Definitions

  1. humanity, mankind

Ancestry of “ⲙⲉⲧⲣⲱⲙⲓ”, 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- →