Where does “ḫnmw” come from?

ḫnmw (Egyptian) comes from Egyptian -w, from Proto-Afroasiatic -u.

ḫnmw (Egyptian): smell, aroma, fragrance, especially a pleasant one

Definitions

  1. smell, aroma, fragrance, especially a pleasant one

Ancestry of “ḫnmw”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Egyptian-wUsed to form the masculine plural forms of nouns...
2Proto-Afroasiatic-u—
Every word from Proto-Afroasiatic -u →Every word from Egyptian -w →