Where does “Θήβα” come from?
Θήβα (Greek) comes from Ancient Greek Θῆβαι, from Demotic [[tꜣ]]-[[jpy]], from Egyptian jpt, from Egyptian -t, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -t.
Ancestry of “Θήβα”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | Θῆβαι | Thebes |
| 2 | Demotic | [[tꜣ]]-[[jpy]] | — |
| 3 | Egyptian | jpt | oipe, a dry measure of volume equivalent to 4... |
| 4 | Egyptian | -t | Used to form feminine singular forms of nouns; An... |
| 5 | Proto-Afro-Asiatic | -t | — |