English
Ptah
Ptah comes from Egyptian ptḥ ‘Ptah, creator god and patron of craftsmen,…’.
- Egyptianc. 3200 BCE–600 CEptḥ‘Ptah, creator god and patron of craftsmen, worshipped at Memphis’
- EnglishtodayPtah
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Egyptianc. 3200 BCE–600 CEptḥ‘Ptah, creator god and patron of craftsmen, worshipped at Memphis’
- EnglishtodayPtah
Every English word from Egyptian ptḥ
Today it means
name A god of creativity and craftsmen, sometimes also identified with the gods of death and the birth of the sun.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Egyptian ptḥ / Ptah