Where does “ḥr mj” come from?

ḥr mj (Egyptian) comes from Egyptian ḥr, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic x̣al.

ḥr mj (Egyptian): why?

Definitions

  1. why?

Ancestry of “ḥr mj”, step by step

ḥr mj traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Egyptian ḥr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Egyptianḥrface; surface; upon, on
2Proto-Afro-Asiaticx̣al—

via Egyptian mj

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Egyptianmjwho?, what?; a general interrogative pronoun for...
Every word from Proto-Afro-Asiatic x̣al →Every word from Egyptian ḥr →