Where does “jwnw-šmꜥw” come from?

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

jwnw-šmꜥw (Egyptian): Thebes

Definitions

  1. Thebes

Ancestry of “jwnw-šmꜥw”, step by step

jwnw-šmꜥw traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Egyptian šmꜥw

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Egyptianšmꜥwsinger, musician
2Egyptian-wUsed to form the masculine plural forms of nouns...
3Proto-Afroasiatic-u—

via Egyptian jwnw

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EgyptianjwnwHeliopolis
2Egyptianjwncolor; pillar, column
Every word from Proto-Afroasiatic -u →Every word from Egyptian -w →Every word from Egyptian šmꜥw →