Etymology Explorer
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Where does “mwt” come from?
mwt (Demotic) comes from Egyptian mwt, from Proto-Afroasiatic *mawut- — to die.
Ancestry of “mwt”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Egyptian
mwt
mother; to die; to sink
2
Proto-Afroasiatic
*mawut-
to die
Words derived from “mwt”
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