Where does “نطرون” come from?

نطرون (Persian) comes from Arabic نَطْرُون, from Ancient Greek νίτρον, from Egyptian nṯrj, from Egyptian -j, from Egyptian -t, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -t.

نطرون (Persian): natron (mineral)

Definitions

  1. natron (mineral)

Ancestry of “نطرون”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicنَطْرُون
2Ancient Greekνίτρονsodium carbonate
3Egyptiannṯrjto be divine; to make divine; divine, holy
4Egyptian-jMarks the dual form of nouns and adjectives....
5Egyptian-tUsed to form feminine singular forms of nouns; An...
6Proto-Afro-Asiatic-t
Every word from Proto-Afro-Asiatic -tEvery word from Egyptian -tEvery word from Egyptian -j