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Where does “ⲥⲏϥⲉ” come from?

ⲥⲏϥⲉ (Coptic) comes from Demotic sfy, from Egyptian zft, from Egyptian -t, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -t.

ⲥⲏϥⲉ (Coptic): sword

Definitions

  1. sword

Ancestry of “ⲥⲏϥⲉ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Demoticsfysword; knife
2Egyptianzftsword; knife
3Egyptian-tUsed to form feminine singular forms of nouns; An...
4Proto-Afro-Asiatic-t—
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