M

M [ǝM]
Letter
== Meaning ==
The letter M is derived from the Phoenician Mem, via the Greek Mu (Μ, μ). Semitic Mem is most likely derived from a Proto-Sinaitic (Bronze Age) adoption of the water ideogram in Egyptian writing. The Egyptian sign had the acrophonic value /n/, from the Egyptian word for water, nt; the adoption as the Semitic letter for /m/ was presumably also on acrophonic grounds, from the Semitic word for water, *mā(y)-.
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