Etymology

onch

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Coptic ⲱⲛϧ ← Egyptian anx-Z1
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The story

  1. Egyptian · derived fromanx-Z1“life, to live, symbol for life”
  2. Coptic · borrowed fromⲱⲛϧ
  3. English todayonch

From Coptic ⲱⲛϧ (ōnĥ), from Egyptian anx-Z1 (ꜥnḫ, “life, to live, symbol for life”).

Words from the same roots

Egyptian<hiero>anx-Z1</hiero> all →

ankh

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.