Where does “mswt-ḥr” come from?

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

mswt-ḥr (Egyptian): The second of the five epagomenal (intercalary) days (djw ḥrjw rnpt) added to the end of the year in the ancient Egyptian calendar

Definitions

  1. The second of the five epagomenal (intercalary) days (djw ḥrjw rnpt) added to the end of the year in the ancient Egyptian calendar

Ancestry of “mswt-ḥr”, step by step

mswt-ḥr traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Egyptian mswt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Egyptianmswtbirthing, the process of childbearing; birth
2Egyptian-wUsed to form the masculine plural forms of nouns...
3Proto-Afroasiatic-u—

via Egyptian ḥr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Egyptianḥrface; surface; upon, on
2Proto-Afro-Asiaticx̣al—
Every word from Proto-Afroasiatic -u →Every word from Egyptian -w →Every word from Egyptian mswt →