Where does “mꜣꜥw” come from?

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

mꜣꜥw (Egyptian): wind blowing in the right direction (to drive one’s boat)

Definitions

  1. wind blowing in the right direction (to drive one’s boat)

Ancestry of “mꜣꜥw”, 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 →