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Where does “wḥj” come from?

wḥj (Demotic) comes from Egyptian wḥꜣt — cauldron.

Ancestry of “wḥj”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Egyptianwḥꜣtcauldron

Words derived from “wḥj”

  • oasis
  • oasislike
  • oasal
  • Oasis
  • oasis
  • oasi
  • oasistico
  • Oase
  • Steueroase
  • oaza
  • oase
  • oase
  • Ὄασις
  • Oasis
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