Where does “sgn” come from?
sgn (Demotic) comes from Egyptian sgnn, from Egyptian s-, from Proto-Afroasiatic s-.
Ancestry of “sgn”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Egyptian | sgnn | to soften |
| 2 | Egyptian | s- | Used to form a causative verb from a... |
| 3 | Proto-Afroasiatic | s- | — |