Where does “נתר” come from?

נתר (Hebrew) comes from Egyptian nṯrj, from Egyptian -j, from Egyptian -t, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -t.

נתר (Hebrew): natron, niter, soda, carbonate of soda

Definitions

  1. natron, niter, soda, carbonate of soda

Ancestry of “נתר”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Egyptiannṯrjto be divine; to make divine; divine, holy
2Egyptian-jMarks the dual form of nouns and adjectives....
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 -j →