Where does “ሚይ” come from?

ሚይ (Harari) comes from Proto-Semitic māy-, from Proto-Afroasiatic maʔ- — water.

ሚይ (Harari): water

Definitions

  1. water

Ancestry of “ሚይ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Semiticmāy-water
2Proto-Afroasiaticmaʔ-water
Every word from Proto-Afroasiatic maʔ- →Every word from Proto-Semitic māy- →