Where does “dyrköpt” come from?
dyrköpt (Swedish) comes from Swedish köpt, from Arabic قُبْط, from Coptic ⲅⲩⲡⲧⲓⲟⲥ, from Ancient Greek Αἰγύπτιος, from Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος, from Mycenaean Greek aikupitos, from Egyptian ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ, from Egyptian kꜣ.
dyrköpt (Swedish): hard-won
Definitions
- hard-won
Ancestry of “dyrköpt”, step by step
dyrköpt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish köpt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | köpt | (male) Copt |
| 2 | Arabic | قُبْط | Copt |
| 3 | Coptic | ⲅⲩⲡⲧⲓⲟⲥ | Copt; Egyptian |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Αἰγύπτιος | Egyptian |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Αἴγυπτος | Egypt; river Nile, Egypt |
| 6 | Mycenaean Greek | aikupitos | — |
| 7 | Egyptian | ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ | Egypt; Memphis; the temple of Ptah in Memphis;... |
| 8 | Egyptian | kꜣ | ka; goodwill - especially of the king;... |
| 9 | Egyptian | ḥr | face; surface; upon, on |
| 10 | Proto-Afro-Asiatic | x̣al | — |