Where does “xiphos” come from?

xiphos (English) comes from Ancient Greek ξίφος, from Egyptian zft, from Egyptian -t, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -t.

xiphos (English): A double-edged, single-handed sword, typically...

Definitions

  1. A double-edged, single-handed sword, typically...

Ancestry of “xiphos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekξίφοςsword, the short, straight, double-edged sword of...
2Egyptianzftsword; knife
3Egyptian-tUsed to form feminine singular forms of nouns; An...
4Proto-Afro-Asiatic-t—
Every word from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -t →Every word from Egyptian -t →Every word from Egyptian zft →