The story
- Egyptian · derived fromnbt-ḥwt
- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromΝέφθυς
- English todayNephthys
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νέφθυς (Néphthus), from Egyptian nbt-ḥwt, O9 t:H8
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nephthys
Today it means: An ancient Egyptian goddess, the wife of Set and sister of Isis, Osiris, and Set, worshiped as a protective goddess and nurse of the pharaoh and associated with funerary rites and the transition from life to death. Full definition →
Ancient Greek Νέφθυς ← Egyptian nbt-ḥwt