Reconstruction:Coptic/ⲙⲏⲛ

This Coptic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Coptic

Alternative forms

• ⲙⲏⲛⲁⲥ (mēnas) — Bohairic, Sahidic
• ⲙⲏⲛⲁ (mēna) — Bohairic, Sahidic

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μηνᾶς (Mēnâs) which comes from Demotic Egyptian mnw (“the god Min”). The reconstructed ungrecisised Coptic form is *ⲙⲏⲛ.

Proper noun

*ⲙⲏⲛ • (*mēn) m

1. a male given name from Greek or Egyptian

References

• Vycichl, Werner (1983), Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, page 114