Where does “ማይ” come from?

ማይ (Tigrinya) comes from Proto-Semitic māy-, from Proto-Afroasiatic maʔ- — water.

ማይ (Tigrinya): water

Definitions

  1. water

Ancestry of “ማይ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Semiticmāy-water
2Proto-Afroasiaticmaʔ-water
Every word from Proto-Afroasiatic maʔ- →Every word from Proto-Semitic māy- →