Where does “timsah” come from?

timsah (Turkish) comes from Arabic تِمْسَاح, from Coptic ⲙⲥⲁϩ, from Egyptian mzḥ — crocodile.

timsah (Turkish): crocodile

Definitions

  1. crocodile

Ancestry of “timsah”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicتِمْسَاح—
2Copticⲙⲥⲁϩcrocodile
3Egyptianmzḥcrocodile

Words derived from “timsah”

Every word from Egyptian mzḥ →Every word from Coptic ⲙⲥⲁϩ →Every word from Arabic تِمْسَاح →