Where does “تمساح” come from?

تمساح (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Arabic تِمْسَاح, from Coptic ⲙⲥⲁϩ, from Egyptian mzḥ — crocodile.

تمساح (Ottoman Turkish): crocodile, alligator any of various large reptiles in the order Crocodilia

Definitions

  1. crocodile, alligator any of various large reptiles in the order Crocodilia

Ancestry of “تمساح”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicتِمْسَاح—
2Copticⲙⲥⲁϩcrocodile
3Egyptianmzḥcrocodile
Every word from Egyptian mzḥ →Every word from Coptic ⲙⲥⲁϩ →Every word from Arabic تِمْسَاح →