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
Ancestry of “ⲥⲏϥⲉ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Demotic | sfy | sword; knife |
| 2 | Egyptian | zft | sword; knife |
| 3 | Egyptian | -t | Used to form feminine singular forms of nouns; An... |
| 4 | Proto-Afro-Asiatic | -t | — |