Etymograph

English

Mecheir

Mecheir comes from Ancient Greek Μεχείρ, and goes back to Egyptian pꜣ-n-pꜣ-mḫrw.

  1. Egyptianc. 3200 BCE–600 CEpꜣ-n-pꜣ-mḫrw
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΜεχείρMekheír
  3. EnglishtodayMecheir

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Egyptianc. 3200 BCE–600 CEpꜣ-n-pꜣ-mḫrw
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΜεχείρMekheír
  3. EnglishtodayMecheir

Every English word from Egyptian pꜣ-n-pꜣ-mḫrw

Today it means

name The sixth month of the later ancient Egyptian civil calendar and Coptic calendar, corresponding to the second month of the season of Peret. Since 25 BCE, when the calendar was reformed to include leap-days, Mecheir has been in roughly February.

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Etymograph / Egyptian pꜣ-n-pꜣ-mḫrw / Mecheir

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