On Wed, 22 Jan 2003 13:57:20 -0500
John Cowan <jcowan@...> wrote:
> The Egyptian name for Egypt was [x0m0], where [0] represents an unknown
> vowel, traditionally represented as "e" internally and omitted finally.
> "Chemistry" was originally "Egyptian knowledge".
Fascinating. But wasn't there an Egyptian name of Egypt on the Semetic
m-D-r root? Or am I mistaken in thinking Ancient Egyptian was Semetic?`
s.
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