Where does “tkꜣw” come from?

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

tkꜣw (Egyptian): flame; candle, taper, torch

Definitions

  1. flame; candle, taper, torch

Ancestry of “tkꜣw”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Egyptian-wUsed to form the masculine plural forms of nouns...
2Proto-Afroasiatic-u—
Every word from Proto-Afroasiatic -u →Every word from Egyptian -w →
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