Traces of Old Egyptian in Eurasian languages?
Some of this is mistaking just how much we know of Egyptian phonology, which is actually very little. For some proper names, we have more context into how they may have actually sounded based on transscriptions into Greek and Latin. But for every other word, we flat out have <i>no</i> idea on vowel sounds, because they were not written. Because of this, a couple sounds known as semivowels are sometimes transcribed as if they were vowels. For instance, in <i>mother</i>, the second glyph of a chick (𓅱) is marked as a <i>U</i>, but would be more appropriately be <i>W</i>. Same with the reeds (𓇋), which are sometimes marked as <i>I</i> but are rather <i>Y</i>. (And, in this article, apparently also <i>FE</i>...)<p>I think it&#x27;s also interesting that they are using <i>mother</i> and <i>father</i>, considering that those words have commonalities in sound across large swathes of human language. Unless the author is also ready to argue Egyptian influence on Chinese, evidence should extend to other words.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Mama_and_papa" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Mama_and_papa</a><p>EDIT:<p>Every dictionary I can find lists father as <i>it</i>, which alone would need explanation for how the article arrives at <i>feathav</i> using the same signs. I&#x27;ll just link the most comprehensive one:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.scribd.com&#x2F;doc&#x2F;10929802&#x2F;Dictionary-of-Middle-Egyptian" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.scribd.com&#x2F;doc&#x2F;10929802&#x2F;Dictionary-of-Middle-Egy...</a><p>When you search, the relevant entry is the &quot;plants 12&quot; result.