Where does “Sekhmet” come from?
Sekhmet (English) comes from Egyptian sḫmt, from Egyptian -t, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -t.
Ancestry of “Sekhmet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Egyptian | sḫmt | Sekhmet; powerful one |
| 2 | Egyptian | -t | Used to form feminine singular forms of nouns; An... |
| 3 | Proto-Afro-Asiatic | -t | — |