Where does “čufa” come from?

čufa (Czech) comes from Spanish chufa, from Latin cyphi, from Ancient Greek κῦφι, from Egyptian kꜣpt, from Egyptian -t, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -t.

čufa (Czech): chufa

Definitions

  1. chufa

Ancestry of “čufa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishchufachufa; tiger nut; slap in the face
2Latincyphia kind of compound incense from the Egyptians
3Ancient Greekκῦφιkind of Egyptian compound incense
4Egyptiankꜣptincense
5Egyptian-tUsed to form feminine singular forms of nouns; An...
6Proto-Afro-Asiatic-t—
Every word from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -t →Every word from Egyptian -t →Every word from Egyptian kꜣpt →