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Where does “ḥrt-pr” come from?

ḥrt-pr (Egyptian) comes from Egyptian ḥrt, from Egyptian -j, from Egyptian -t, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -t.

ḥrt-pr (Egyptian): majordomo, head domestic servant

Definitions

  1. majordomo, head domestic servant

Ancestry of “ḥrt-pr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Egyptianḥrtfeminine singular of ḥrj; tomb, necropolis; sky
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 →