Where does “ཨའི་ཅི” come from?
ཨའི་ཅི (Tibetan) comes from Chinese 埃及, from English Egypt, from Middle English Egipt, from French Égypte, from Middle French Egypte, from Old French Egypte, from Latin Ægyptus, from Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος.
Ancestry of “ཨའི་ཅི”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chinese | 埃及 | — |
| 2 | English | Egypt | A civilization based around the river Nile, on its lower reaches nearer the Mediterranean |
| 3 | Middle English | Egipt | — |
| 4 | French | Égypte | — |
| 5 | Middle French | Egypte | — |
| 6 | Old French | Egypte | — |
| 7 | Latin | Ægyptus | Egyptian, of or pertaining to the Egyptian people |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | Αἴγυπτος | Egypt; river Nile, Egypt |
| 9 | Mycenaean Greek | aikupitos | — |
| 10 | Egyptian | ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ | Egypt; Memphis; the temple of Ptah in Memphis;... |
| 11 | Egyptian | kꜣ | ka; goodwill - especially of the king;... |
| 12 | Egyptian | ḥr | face; surface; upon, on |
| 13 | Proto-Afro-Asiatic | x̣al | — |