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Where does “nfrw” come from?

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

nfrw (Egyptian): beauty; perfection; depletion, deficiency

Definitions

  1. beauty; perfection; depletion, deficiency

Ancestry of “nfrw”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Egyptian-wUsed to form the masculine plural forms of nouns...
2Proto-Afroasiatic-u—

Words derived from “nfrw”

  • Memphis
  • Memphite
  • Memphis
  • Μέμφις
  • mn-nfr
  • mn-nfr-ppy
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