Where does “Affrick Hwoaie” come from?
Affrick Hwoaie (Manx) comes from Manx Affrick, from Middle Irish Afraicc, from Old Irish Afraicc, from Latin Āfrica, from Latin āfricus, from Latin Āfri, from Albanian afër, from Proto-Albanian apsera — the god Apis.
Ancestry of “Affrick Hwoaie”, step by step
Affrick Hwoaie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Manx Affrick
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manx | Affrick | Africa |
| 2 | Middle Irish | Afraicc | — |
| 3 | Old Irish | Afraicc | — |
| 4 | Latin | Āfrica | the territory of Carthage, the African coast west of Cyrenaica |
| 5 | Latin | āfricus | African |
| 6 | Latin | Āfri | — |
| 7 | Albanian | afër | at, beside, by, near, nearby, near to, next to |
| 8 | Proto-Albanian | apsera | at, beside, by, near, nearby, near to, next to |
| 9 | Proto-Albanian | aps | — |
| 10 | Latin | Apis | A seaport town of Egypt situated at the borders with Marmarica |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | Ἄπις | — |
| 12 | Coptic | ϩⲁⲡⲉ | the Apis bull, a bull worshipped as a herald of the gods (first Ptah, then Osiris, then Atum) |
| 13 | Egyptian | ḥp | the god Apis |