ϩⲓⲙⲏⲣ

Coptic

Etymology

Ultimately from Egyptian

(ḥr, “on”) + mrw. The interpretation of mrw is unclear; Černý considers it to be a variant of

(mrw, “desert”), while Vycichl equates it with

(mrw), a variant form of

(mryt, “riverbank, quay, harbor”), which fits better with the Coptic evidence semantically but perhaps not phonetically. Synchronically equivalent to ϩⲓ- (hi-, “on”) +‎ ⲙⲏⲣ (mēr, “(opposite) shore”).

Preposition

ϩⲓⲙⲏⲣ • (himēr)

(Bohairic) on or at the other side (of), beyond

References

Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 88
Vycichl, Werner (1983) Dictionnaire Étymologique de la Langue Copte, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, page 119
Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 180