wꜣḏ-wr

Egyptian

Etymology

wꜣḏ (“green”) +‎ wr (“great”), thus literally ‘The Great Green’.

Pronunciation
 
  • (reconstructed) IPA(key): /waˈʀicʼwuɾVj/ → /waˈʀitʼwuɾVj/ → /wəˈetʼwəɾə/ → /ˈwetʼwə(ɾ)/

Proper noun
M14wrr
N36

 m

  1. the Sea, encompassing both the Red and Mediterranean Seas
    • c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 39–41:
      aHaa
      n      		 A1r
      a      		 kwA1riw
      N23 Z1      		 i
      n      		 wAAwmwnM14wrr
      N36
      ꜥḥꜥ.n.j rḏj.kw r jw jn wꜣw n(j) wꜣḏ-wr
      Then I was put on an island by a wave of the sea.

Descendants
  • Ancient Greek: -γετοῦ (-getoû)

References
  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 146.
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