October theme: Ancient Borrowings 𒅴

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mu, mummy

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• Proto-Afro-Asiatic *maʾ-

  • Berber

    • Tashelhit aman water
    • Tuareg ⵎⵏ aman water
  • Chadic

    • West Chadic

      • Tangale am water
  • Egyptian 𓈖 mw water, rain, sea, lake

    • Demotic Egyptian mw

      • Coptic ⲙⲟⲟⲩ moou water
      • Egyptian Arabic امبو ʾumbū water, drink childish
      • Ancient Greek μῦ mû

        • Greek μι mi
        • English mu

          • English muon
  • Semitic *maʾ-

    • East Semitic

      • Akkadian 𒀀 mû water
    • South Semitic

      • Sabaean 𐩣𐩥 mw water
      • Ethiopic

        • Ge'ez ማይ māy water
    • Central Semitic

      • Classical Arabic مَاء‏ māʾ water, liquid, juice

        • Egyptian Arabic مية‏ máyya water
        • Maghrebi Arabic

          • Moroccan Arabic ما mā water
          • Sicilian Arabic

            • Maltese ilma water
        • Peninsular Arabic

          • Hijazi Arabic مويَة mōya water, body of water
      • Northwest Semitic

        • Aramaic מַיָּא‏ mayyā water
        • Canaanite

          • Hebrew מַיִם máyim water
          • Phoenician 𐤌𐤌 mm water
        • Middle Persian *mōm wax

          • Armenian մոմ mom wax, candle
          • Persian موم mum wax, candle

            • Ottoman Turkish موم‏ mûm

              • Turkish mum candle
            • Hindi मोम mom wax

              • Hindi मोमबत्ती mombattī candle
            • Persian مومیا mumiyâ waxy substance covering mummies, mummy

              • Tajik

                • Russian мумиё mumijó mineral tar, mountain balsam, shilajit

                  • English mumijo
              • Classical Arabic مُومِيَاء‏ mūmiyāʾ mummy

                • Andalusi Arabic

                  • Spanish momia mummy
                • Egyptian Arabic موميا‏ mūmiyā mummy
                • Medieval Latin mumia mummy

                  • French momie mummy

                    • English mummy

                      • Irish mumaí mummy
                  • Italian mummia mummy
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                  • Imperial Mandarin 木乃伊

                    • Mandarin 木乃伊 mùnǎiyī mummy
                    • Cantonese 木乃伊 muk6 naai5 ji1 mummy

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Collected English words

mu, muon, mumijo, mummy