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Where does “mw” come from?

mw (Egyptian) comes from Proto-Afroasiatic maʔ- — water.

mw (Egyptian): water; rain; sea, lake

Definitions

  1. water; rain; sea, lake

Ancestry of “mw”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Afroasiaticmaʔ-water

Words derived from “mw”

  • ⲙⲱⲟⲩ
  • ⲙⲟⲟⲩ
  • ⲙⲁⲟⲩ
  • mw
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