Where does “NT$” come from?

NT$ (Translingual) comes from Egyptian nt, from Egyptian nrt, from Egyptian nrw, from Egyptian -w, from Proto-Afroasiatic -u.

Ancestry of “NT$”, step by step

NT$ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Egyptian nt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EgyptianntNeith
2Egyptiannrtvulture
3Egyptiannrwterror, fear
4Egyptian-wUsed to form the masculine plural forms of nouns...
5Proto-Afroasiatic-u

via Translingual $

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Translingual$money
Every word from Proto-Afroasiatic -uEvery word from Egyptian -wEvery word from Egyptian nrw