Where does “m wꜣw” come from?
m wꜣw (Egyptian) comes from Egyptian wꜣw, from Egyptian -w, from Proto-Afroasiatic -u.
Ancestry of “m wꜣw”, step by step
m wꜣw traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Egyptian wꜣw
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egyptian | wꜣw | far away |
| 2 | Egyptian | -w | Used to form the masculine plural forms of nouns... |
| 3 | Proto-Afroasiatic | -u | — |
via Egyptian m
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egyptian | m | in; in, for, during; into |