Where does “wnḫwj” come from?

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

wnḫwj (Egyptian): two strips of cloth given as an offering for the dead

Definitions

  1. two strips of cloth given as an offering for the dead

Ancestry of “wnḫwj”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Egyptian-wjUsed to form regular masculine dual forms of...
2Egyptian-jMarks the dual form of nouns and adjectives....
3Egyptian-tUsed to form feminine singular forms of nouns; An...
4Proto-Afro-Asiatic-t
Every word from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -tEvery word from Egyptian -tEvery word from Egyptian -j
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