Where does “ꜣdw” come from?

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

ꜣdw (Egyptian): crocodile; aggressive or raging person, aggressor

Definitions

  1. crocodile; aggressive or raging person, aggressor

Ancestry of “ꜣdw”, 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 →
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