Where does “ebur” come from?

ebur (Old Irish) comes from Latin ebur, from Demotic yb, from Egyptian ꜣbw, from Egyptian ꜣb, from Proto-Afroasiatic *leb-.

ebur (Old Irish): ivory

Definitions

  1. ivory

Ancestry of “ebur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latineburivory; a thing made of ivory; an elephant
2Demoticybivory, Elephantine
3Egyptianꜣbwcessation; elephant; elephant tusk
4Egyptianꜣbto stop, to take a break; to cease or stop; to...
5Proto-Afroasiatic*leb-—

Words derived from “ebur”

Every word from Proto-Afroasiatic *leb- →Every word from Egyptian ꜣb →Every word from Egyptian ꜣbw →