Where does “jmw” come from?

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

jmw (Egyptian): boat; lamentation, wail, cry of mourning; woe...

Definitions

  1. boat; lamentation, wail, cry of mourning; woe...

Ancestry of “jmw”, step by step

jmw traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Egyptian jmj

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Egyptianjmjbeing in, inherent (in)
2Egyptianmjwt(female) cat; molly
3Egyptianmjwcat; tomcat; likeness
4Egyptian-wUsed to form the masculine plural forms of nouns...
5Proto-Afroasiatic-u

via Egyptian jm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Egyptianjmtherein, in it; form of m used when the object...
Every word from Proto-Afroasiatic -uEvery word from Egyptian -wEvery word from Egyptian mjw