Where does “ⲙⲟⲩⲉ” come from?

ⲙⲟⲩⲉ (Coptic) comes from Demotic mꜣy, from Egyptian mꜣwt, from Egyptian -t, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -t.

ⲙⲟⲩⲉ (Coptic): island

Definitions

  1. island

Ancestry of “ⲙⲟⲩⲉ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Demoticmꜣyisland
2Egyptianmꜣwta new thing, something new
3Egyptian-tUsed to form feminine singular forms of nouns; An...
4Proto-Afro-Asiatic-t—
Every word from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -t →Every word from Egyptian -t →Every word from Egyptian mꜣwt →