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Where does “ḥm-nṯr” come from?

ḥm-nṯr (Egyptian) comes from Egyptian tpj, from Egyptian -j, from Egyptian -t, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -t.

ḥm-nṯr (Egyptian): priest

Definitions

  1. priest

Ancestry of “ḥm-nṯr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Egyptiantpjbeing on top of, standing atop; first; chief,...
2Egyptian-jMarks the dual form of nouns and adjectives....
3Egyptian-tUsed to form feminine singular forms of nouns; An...
4Proto-Afro-Asiatic-t—
Every word from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -t →