Where does “mr-snm” come from?
mr-snm (Egyptian) comes from Egyptian snm, from Egyptian s-, from Proto-Afroasiatic s-.
mr-snm (Egyptian): very sad (+ n: about)
Ancestry of “mr-snm”, step by step
mr-snm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Egyptian snm
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Egyptian | snm | to feed (someone or something), to provide with food |
| 2 | Egyptian | s- | Used to form a causative verb from a... |
| 3 | Proto-Afroasiatic | s- | — |
via Egyptian mr
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Egyptian | mr | pyramid; heap of corpses; canal, ditch, waterway |
| 2 | Proto-Afroasiatic | m-r | heap of stones; river, channel |