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Where does “sḫry” come from?

sḫry (Egyptian) comes from Egyptian sḫr, from Egyptian s, from Egyptian sw, from Proto-Afroasiatic šuː.

sḫry (Egyptian): captain of a ship

Definitions

  1. captain of a ship

Ancestry of “sḫry”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Egyptiansḫrplan; idea, piece of advice; conduct
2EgyptiansThe object depicted in the hieroglyph s. The...
3Egyptianswhe, him; sw-w m sg 3. proclitic pronoun; he
4Proto-Afroasiaticšuː—
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