Where does “Theben” come from?

Theben (German) comes from Latin Thēbae, from Ancient Greek Θῆβαι, from Demotic [[tꜣ]]-[[jpy]], from Egyptian jpt, from Egyptian -t, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -t.

Theben (German): Thebes

Definitions

  1. Thebes

Ancestry of “Theben”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinThēbae
2Ancient GreekΘῆβαιThebes
3Demotic[[tꜣ]]-[[jpy]]
4Egyptianjptoipe, a dry measure of volume equivalent to 4...
5Egyptian-tUsed to form feminine singular forms of nouns; An...
6Proto-Afro-Asiatic-t
Every word from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -tEvery word from Egyptian -tEvery word from Egyptian jpt
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