gs-tp

Egyptian

Etymology

gs (“half, side”) +‎ tp (“head”) in a direct genitive construction, thus ‘half of the head’ or ‘side of the head’.

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɡɛs tɛp/
- Conventional anglicization: ɡes-tep

Noun

m

migraine headache

Descendants

→ Ancient Greek: ἡμικρανία (hēmikranía) (calque)
- Greek: ημικρανία (imikranía)
- → Latin: hemicrania
  - Old French: migraigne
    - → Middle English: megrim
      - English: migraine
      - English: megrim
    - French: migraine

References

Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 164

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