Where does “ḥbs bht” come from?

ḥbs bht (Egyptian) comes from Egyptian bht, from Egyptian -t, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -t.

ḥbs bht (Egyptian): to bear a fan

Definitions

  1. to bear a fan

Ancestry of “ḥbs bht”, step by step

ḥbs bht traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Egyptian bht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Egyptianbhtfan, flabellum made of ostrich feathers or flowers
2Egyptian-tUsed to form feminine singular forms of nouns; An...
3Proto-Afro-Asiatic-t—

via Egyptian ḥbs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Egyptianḥbsto clothe (a person or body part) (+ m: in, with (a garment))
Every word from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -t →Every word from Egyptian -t →Every word from Egyptian bht →