Etymograph

English

khu

Khu comes from Egyptian ꜣḫ ‘akh’.

  1. Egyptianc. 3200 BCE–600 CEꜣḫ‘akh’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1981khu

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Egyptianc. 3200 BCE–600 CEꜣḫ‘akh’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1981khu

Earliest quotation: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology: “The highest level of consciousness is with the Khu;…”

Every English word from Egyptian ꜣḫ

Today it means

noun Synonym of akh (“a spirit of the dead that has successfully completed its transition to the afterlife”)

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Egyptian ꜣḫ / khu

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