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

Definitions

  1. coffin; casket

Ancestry of “tebut”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicتَابُوتcoffin; box, coffin
2Classical Syriacܬܝܒܘܬܐ—
3Egyptianḏbꜣtsarcophagus (in general)
4Egyptian-tUsed to form feminine singular forms of nouns; An...
5Proto-Afro-Asiatic-t—
Every word from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -t →Every word from Egyptian -t →Every word from Egyptian ḏbꜣt →