Where does “mswt-wsjr” come from?
mswt-wsjr (Egyptian) comes from Egyptian mswt, from Egyptian -w, from Proto-Afroasiatic -u.
mswt-wsjr (Egyptian): The first of the five epagomenal (intercalary) days (djw ḥrjw rnpt) added to the end of the year in the ancient Egyptian calendar
Definitions
- The first of the five epagomenal (intercalary) days (djw ḥrjw rnpt) added to the end of the year in the ancient Egyptian calendar
Ancestry of “mswt-wsjr”, step by step
mswt-wsjr traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Egyptian mswt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egyptian | mswt | birthing, the process of childbearing; birth |
| 2 | Egyptian | -w | Used to form the masculine plural forms of nouns... |
| 3 | Proto-Afroasiatic | -u | — |
via Egyptian wsjr
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egyptian | wsjr | Osiris |