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Where does “ꜣmw” come from?
ꜣmw (Egyptian) comes from Egyptian -w, from Proto-Afroasiatic -u.
ꜣmw
(Egyptian): burning, flame
Definitions
burning, flame
Ancestry of “ꜣmw”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Egyptian
-w
Used to form the masculine plural forms of nouns...
2
Proto-Afroasiatic
-u
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Words derived from “ꜣmw”
jw-n-ꜣmw-m-sḫt-sjsj
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