Etymograph

English

Mitanni

Mitanni comes from Hittite ᵁᴿᵁmi-ta-an-ni, and goes back to Akkadian Me-ta-ni.

  1. Akkadianc. 2500–100 BCEMe-ta-nitransliteratedcuneiform Me-ta-ni, a transliteration
  2. Egyptianc. 3200 BCE–600 CED37-T:n-xAst
  3. Hittitemodernᵁᴿᵁmi-ta-an-nitransliteratedcuneiform ᵁᴿᵁmi-ta-an-ni, a transliteration
  4. EnglishtodayMitanni

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Akkadianc. 2500–100 BCEMe-ta-nitransliteratedcuneiform Me-ta-ni, a transliteration
  2. Egyptianc. 3200 BCE–600 CED37-T:n-xAst
  3. Hittitemodernᵁᴿᵁmi-ta-an-nitransliteratedcuneiform ᵁᴿᵁmi-ta-an-ni, a transliteration
  4. EnglishtodayMitanni

Every English word from Akkadian Me-ta-ni

Today it means

name Hurrian kingdom in northern Mesopotamia from circa 1500 B.C.E., at the height of its power, during the 14th century BC, encompassing what is today southeastern Turkey, northern Syria and northern Iraq.

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Etymograph / Akkadian Me-ta-ni / Mitanni

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