Where does “pintua” come from?

pintua (Cypriot Arabic) comes from Cypriot Arabic pint, from Arabic بِنْت, from Proto-Semitic bint-, from Proto-Semitic -at, from Proto-Afroasiatic -t — Marks nouns as feminine.

pintua (Cypriot Arabic): young girl, unmarried woman

Definitions

  1. young girl, unmarried woman

Ancestry of “pintua”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cypriot Arabicpintdaughter
2Arabicبِنْتgirl, daughter; daughter
3Proto-Semiticbint-daughter
4Proto-Semitic-atFeminine-forming suffix
5Proto-Afroasiatic-tMarks nouns as feminine
Every word from Proto-Afroasiatic -t →Every word from Proto-Semitic -at →Every word from Proto-Semitic bint- →