Where does “mꜣy” come from?

mꜣy (Demotic) comes from Egyptian mꜣwt, from Egyptian -t, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -t.

mꜣy (Demotic): island

Definitions

  1. island

Ancestry of “mꜣy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Egyptianmꜣwta new thing, something new
2Egyptian-tUsed to form feminine singular forms of nouns; An...
3Proto-Afro-Asiatic-t

Words derived from “mꜣy

Every word from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -tEvery word from Egyptian -tEvery word from Egyptian mꜣwt