English
Fayum
Fayum comes from Coptic ⲫ̀ⲓⲟⲙ ‘the sea, Fayum’, and goes back to Egyptian pꜣ ym ‘Lake Moeris’.
- Egyptianc. 3200 BCE–600 CEpꜣ ym‘Lake Moeris’
- Copticmodernⲫ̀ⲓⲟⲙPh̀iom‘the sea, Fayum’
- Arabicc. 500–presentالفَيُّومal-Fayyūm
- EnglishtodayFayum
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Egyptianc. 3200 BCE–600 CEpꜣ ym‘Lake Moeris’
- Copticmodernⲫ̀ⲓⲟⲙPh̀iom‘the sea, Fayum’
- Arabicc. 500–presentالفَيُّومal-Fayyūm
- EnglishtodayFayum
A compound of pꜣ ‘the’ + ym ‘lake’
Every English word from Egyptian pꜣ ym
Today it means
name A city in Egypt near Lake Moeris.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Egyptian pꜣ ym / Fayum