Where does “ptr” come from?

ptr (Egyptian) comes from Egyptian pw, from Egyptian pj — this.

ptr (Egyptian): who? what?; to behold, to see; to get to know

Definitions

  1. who? what?; to behold, to see; to get to know

Ancestry of “ptr”, step by step

ptr traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Egyptian pw

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Egyptianpwthis; this is…; it is…; O
2Egyptianpjthis

via Egyptian tr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Egyptiantrseason; a time; Interrogative particle; indicates...
Every word from Egyptian pj →Every word from Egyptian pw →