Where does “tebut” come from?
tebut (Maltese) comes from Arabic تَابُوت, from Classical Syriac ܬܝܒܘܬܐ, from Egyptian ḏbꜣt, from Egyptian -t, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -t.
tebut (Maltese): coffin; casket
Ancestry of “tebut”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Arabic | تَابُوت | coffin; box, coffin |
| 2 | Classical Syriac | ܬܝܒܘܬܐ | — |
| 3 | Egyptian | ḏbꜣt | — |
| 4 | Egyptian | -t | Used to form feminine singular forms of nouns; An... |
| 5 | Proto-Afro-Asiatic | -t | — |