English
Keftiu
Keftiu comes from Egyptian kftjw ‘sea-going ship’.
- Egyptianc. 3200 BCE–600 CEkftjw‘sea-going ship’
- EnglishtodayKeftiu
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Egyptianc. 3200 BCE–600 CEkftjw‘sea-going ship’
- EnglishtodayKeftiu
Every English word from Egyptian kftjw
Today it means
name A place mentioned in hieroglyphics in the Ptolemaic temple of Kom Ombo in Upper Egypt, generally believed to be Caphtor.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Egyptian kftjw / Keftiu