English
Jevg
Jevg comes from Albanian jevg ‘Balkan Egyptian, Jevg’, from Greek γύφτος ‘Gipsy’, and ultimately from Egyptian ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ.
- Egyptianc. 3200 BCE–600 CEḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥliterally ‘the temple of the ka of Ptah’
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΑἴγῠπτος
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEΑἰγύπτιος‘Egyptian’
- Byzantine Greekc. 600–1453Γύφτος
- Greek1453–presentγύφτος‘Gipsy’
- Albanianmodernevgjit‘Balkan Egyptian, Jevg’
- Albanian, derivedmodernjevg‘Balkan Egyptian, Jevg’
- EnglishtodayJevg
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Egyptianc. 3200 BCE–600 CEḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥliterally ‘the temple of the ka of Ptah’
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΑἴγῠπτος
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEΑἰγύπτιος‘Egyptian’
- Byzantine Greekc. 600–1453Γύφτος
- Greek1453–presentγύφτος‘Gipsy’
- Albanianmodernevgjit‘Balkan Egyptian, Jevg’
- Albanian, derivedmodernjevg‘Balkan Egyptian, Jevg’
- EnglishtodayJevg
Every English word from Egyptian ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ
Today it means
name A Balkan Egyptian.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Egyptian ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ / Jevg