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Where does “my” come from?

my (Egyptian) comes from Egyptian -j, from Egyptian -t, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -t.

my (Egyptian): likewise; accordingly

Definitions

  1. likewise; accordingly

Ancestry of “my”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Egyptian-jMarks the dual form of nouns and adjectives....
2Egyptian-tUsed to form feminine singular forms of nouns; An...
3Proto-Afro-Asiatic-t—
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