Where does “ḥḏw” come from?

ḥḏw (Egyptian) comes from Egyptian -w, from Proto-Afroasiatic -u.

ḥḏw (Egyptian): any Allium species; garlic or onions (as a cultivated plant, as a side dish to bread and meat, as an apotropaic against snakes and evil spirits, or used medicinally)

Definitions

any Allium species; garlic or onions (as a cultivated plant, as a side dish to bread and meat, as an apotropaic against snakes and evil spirits, or used medicinally)

Ancestry of “ḥḏw”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Egyptian	-w	Used to form the masculine plural forms of nouns...
2	Proto-Afroasiatic	-u	—

Every word from Proto-Afroasiatic -u →Every word from Egyptian -w →