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Etymology · Egyptian

ḥwt-ḥr

2 English words descend from Egyptian ḥwt-ḥr, most common first.

HathorThe goddess of joy, love, and motherhood; one of the "Eyes / Daughters of Ra", the consort of Ra/Horus; often depicted as having a cow's head.
HathyrThe third month of the later ancient Egyptian civil calendar and Coptic calendar, corresponding to the third month of the season of Akhet. Since 25 BCE, when the calendar was reformed to include leap-days, Hathyr has been in roughly November.