Egiptaland

Old Norse

Etymology

First part from Latin Aegyptus, from Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos), from Mycenaean Greek *aikupitos (compare 𐁁𐀓𐀠𐀴𐀍 (a3-ku-pi-ti-jo, Egyptian)), from Egyptian ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ (literally The temple of the ka of Ptah) (whose Late Egyptian pronunciation is reflected by Akkadian 𒄭𒆪𒌒𒋫𒀪 (ḫikuptaḫ)), from ḥwt (temple) +‎ kꜣ (ka) +‎ ptḥ (Ptah), referring to Ptah's temple in the important city of Memphis.

Proper noun

Egiptaland n

  1. Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)

Declension

Declension of Egiptaland (strong a-stem, indefinite singular only)
neuter singular
indefinite
nominative Egiptaland
accusative Egiptaland
dative Egiptalandi
genitive Egiptalands

Descendants

  • Faroese: Egyptaland
  • Icelandic: Egyptaland

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “Egiptaland”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive