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
Ancestry of “ḥm-nṯr”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Egyptian | tpj | being on top of, standing atop; first; chief,... |
| 2 | Egyptian | -j | Marks the dual form of nouns and adjectives.... |
| 3 | Egyptian | -t | Used to form feminine singular forms of nouns; An... |
| 4 | Proto-Afro-Asiatic | -t | — |