Where does “bit” come from?

bit (Juba Arabic) comes from Sudanese Arabic بت, from Arabic بِنْت, from Proto-Semitic bint-, from Proto-Semitic -at, from Proto-Afroasiatic -t — Marks nouns as feminine.

bit (Juba Arabic): daughter

Definitions

  1. daughter

Ancestry of “bit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sudanese Arabicبت—
2Arabicبِنْتgirl, daughter; daughter
3Proto-Semiticbint-daughter
4Proto-Semitic-atFeminine-forming suffix
5Proto-Afroasiatic-tMarks nouns as feminine
Every word from Proto-Afroasiatic -t →Every word from Proto-Semitic -at →Every word from Proto-Semitic bint- →