Where does “תיבה” come from?

תיבה (Hebrew) comes from Egyptian ḏbꜣt, from Egyptian -t, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -t.

תיבה (Hebrew): box; Noah's ark; casket, coffin

Definitions

  1. box; Noah's ark; casket, coffin

Ancestry of “תיבה”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Egyptianḏbꜣtsarcophagus (in general)
2Egyptian-tUsed to form feminine singular forms of nouns; An...
3Proto-Afro-Asiatic-t—

Words derived from “תיבה”

Every word from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -t →Every word from Egyptian -t →Every word from Egyptian ḏbꜣt →