Where does “ⲙⲟⲣⲧ” come from?

ⲙⲟⲣⲧ (Coptic) comes from Egyptian mrt, from Egyptian -t, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -t.

ⲙⲟⲣⲧ (Coptic): beard

Definitions

  1. beard

Ancestry of “ⲙⲟⲣⲧ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Egyptianmrtpain, illness, sickness
2Egyptian-tUsed to form feminine singular forms of nouns; An...
3Proto-Afro-Asiatic-t—
Every word from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -t →Every word from Egyptian -t →Every word from Egyptian mrt →