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Where does “ⲱⲛⲉ” come from?

ⲱⲛⲉ (Coptic) comes from Demotic jny, from Egyptian jnr — stone.

ⲱⲛⲉ (Coptic): stone

Definitions

  1. stone

Ancestry of “ⲱⲛⲉ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Demoticjny—
2Egyptianjnrstone
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