Eifft

noun

Meaning

Egypt (a country in North Africa and West Asia)

Etymology / origin

From Proto-Brythonic *ėɣɨft, borrowed from Latin Aegyptus, from Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos), from Egyptian ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ (literally “The temple of the ka of Ptah”).

ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ(Egyptian)→
Αἴγυπτος(Ancient Greek)→
Aegyptus(Latin)→
*ėɣɨft(cel-bry-pro)→
Eifft (Middle Welsh)
Relations: inh, der, der, der

Related words

*ėɣɨft(cel-bry-pro)Aegyptus(Latin)Αἴγυπτος(Ancient Greek)ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ(Egyptian)Aifft(Welsh)

Descendant words

Aifft(Welsh) (inh)

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