Where does “𐤌𐤌” come from?

𐤌𐤌 (Phoenician) comes from Proto-Semitic māy-, from Proto-Afroasiatic maʔ- — water.

𐤌𐤌 (Phoenician): water

Definitions

  1. water

Ancestry of “𐤌𐤌”, step by step

𐤌𐤌 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Semitic māy-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Semiticmāy-water
2Proto-Afroasiaticmaʔ-water

via Proto-Semitic *maʾ-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Semitic*maʾ-—

Words derived from “𐤌𐤌”

Every word from Proto-Afroasiatic maʔ- →Every word from Proto-Semitic māy- →