English
heka
Heka comes from Egyptian ḥkꜣ ‘the god Heka, the personification of magic’.
- Egyptianc. 3200 BCE–600 CEḥkꜣ‘the god Heka, the personification of magic’
- Englishearliest quotation 1998heka
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Egyptianc. 3200 BCE–600 CEḥkꜣ‘the god Heka, the personification of magic’
- Englishearliest quotation 1998heka
Earliest quotation: 1998, Ogden Goelet, Jr.: “Endowed with heka, both people and the gods can…”
Every English word from Egyptian ḥkꜣ
Today it means
noun A mystic animating force present in the universe, used by deities and people.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Egyptian ḥkꜣ / heka