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 Egypt (a country in North Africa and West Asia) ==== Declension ==== ==== 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