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Where does “jmj-r” come from?

jmj-r (Egyptian) comes from Egyptian jmj, from Egyptian mjwt, from Egyptian mjw, from Egyptian -w, from Proto-Afroasiatic -u.

jmj-r (Egyptian): overseer

Definitions

  1. overseer

Ancestry of “jmj-r”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Egyptianjmjinherent , being; -est of, -est among; to not be
2Egyptianmjwt—
3Egyptianmjwcat; tomcat; likeness
4Egyptian-wUsed to form the masculine plural forms of nouns...
5Proto-Afroasiatic-u—
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