Where does “sgn” come from?

sgn (Demotic) comes from Egyptian sgnn, from Egyptian s-, from Proto-Afroasiatic s-.

Ancestry of “sgn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Egyptiansgnnto soften
2Egyptians-Used to form a causative verb from a...
3Proto-Afroasiatics-—

Words derived from “sgn”

Every word from Proto-Afroasiatic s- →Every word from Egyptian s- →Every word from Egyptian sgnn →
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