Egiptaland

Old Norse

Etymology

First part from Latin Aegyptus, from Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos), from Mycenaean Greek *aikupitos (compare 𐁁𐀓𐀠𐀴𐀍 (ai-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

References

• “Egiptaland”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press