Where does “bꜣw” come from?

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

bꜣw (Egyptian): power of acting on and influencing the external world: might and glory, particularly of a god, the king, or the crown

Definitions

  1. power of acting on and influencing the external world: might and glory, particularly of a god, the king, or the crown

Ancestry of “bꜣw”, 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 →