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Where does “nb-tꜣwj” come from?

nb-tꜣwj (Egyptian) comes from Egyptian tꜣwj, from Egyptian -wj, from Egyptian -j, from Egyptian -t, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -t.

nb-tꜣwj (Egyptian): a common pharaonic epithet

Definitions

  1. a common pharaonic epithet

Ancestry of “nb-tꜣwj”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Egyptiantꜣwjdual of tꜣ
2Egyptian-wjUsed to form regular masculine dual forms of...
3Egyptian-jMarks the dual form of nouns and adjectives....
4Egyptian-tUsed to form feminine singular forms of nouns; An...
5Proto-Afro-Asiatic-t—
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