wꜥrt

Egyptian

Etymology

From Proto-Afro-Asiatic *waˁVr- (“leg”), according to Orel and Stolbova’s very tentative reconstruction.[1] If so, perhaps cognate with Proto-West Chadic *war- (“leg”), whence Goemai warr, and Proto-Central Chadic *wVr (“leg”), whence Musgu werē.

Pronunciation

Noun


 f

  1. leg

Inflection
Declension of wꜥrt (feminine)
singular wꜥrt
dual wꜥrtj
plural wꜥrwt

Noun


 f

  1. district

Inflection
Declension of wꜥrt (feminine)
singular wꜥrt
dual wꜥrtj
plural wꜥrwt

Derived terms

Noun



 f

  1. flight

References
  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, 313 page 99, 313.
  1. Orel, Vladimir E.; Stolbova, Olga V. (1995), “*waˁVr-”, in Hamito-Semitic Etymological Dictionary: Materials for a Reconstruction (Handbuch der Orientalistik; I.18), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill, § 2506, page 524
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