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Even though the exact pronunciation fluctuated significantly over dialects and centuries, we have a quite stable core in many Egyptian and Akkadian words:

In general the more syllables a recorded word has, the greater the confidence in a relative continuity of the pronunciation:

word meaning preserved variants
𓃀 foot / pod ⲫⲁⲧ
𓄏 𒋛 horn qarnu
𓄿 𓋴 𓐎 viscera > ahscha ال أحشا
𓎛 𓃀 𓅱 𓃒 to bind y'herbut يربط
𓎛 𓋴 𓃀 𓅱 𓐎 𓏛 count ħseb @ Berber ⇔ 7 sieben sieve Ziffer 0 safár סָפַר < 𐎒𐎔𐎗 spr
𓇋 𓋴 𓊪 𓏏 𓄛 quiver ispatu 𒅖𒉺𒌅 iš-pa-tu 𒅖𒉺𒌈 iš-pa-tum #išpatu אַשְׁפָּה ʾašpā™ 𐎜𐎘𐎔𐎚 ủṯpt
𓈖 𓊪 𓂋 𓇋 𓇡 grain نَفَقَ nafaqa => 𐭭𐭠𐭯𐭪 nāfag = Nabel
𓂧 𓈖 𓎛 𓆃 wing ⲧⲉⲛϩ ডানা ḍana ⇔ down
𓂧 𓊪 𓇋 𓇋 𓆊 crocodile champsai tmsahh ⇔ 𓅓 𓊃 𓎛 𓆊
𓂧 𓊪 𓏏 𓊛 ship ال سفينتين ship/boat@phoenicia
𓂧 𓏇 𓇋 𓊳 (ornamental) fruit dish thamar @AR
𓃀 𓂧 𓂧 𓅱 𓂸 𓅱 𓆰 𓏥 water-melon battich@AR אֲבַטִּיחַ በጢሕ => Bottich
𓃀 𓂧 𓂧 𓅱 𓂓 𓂸 𓆰 𓏥 water melon ফুটি phuṭi-瓜 koe/瓜guā 𓃀𓂧𓂧 بِطِّيخ biṭṭīḵ paṭṭīḥā petêx
𓃀 𓃀 𓂋 Babylon
𓅓 𓂝 𓈙 𓂋 𓅱 𓇰 evening المساء masar > Messe
𓅓 𓈙 𓂝 𓀎 𓏥 soldiers, army, infantry, gang (of workmen) Al masha ال مشاة ⇔ march
𓏠 𓈖 𓐍 𓏏 𓍊 willingness (of heart) مُنْيَة munya ?
𓋴 𓎛 𓏏 𓍃 𓅪 destroy, shatter shatim حطّم
𓋴 𓉔 𓄿 𓇋 𓇋 𓏏 𓂻 (v. infinitive) bring down, make to fall shachah@HEB
𓈎 𓂝 𓎛 𓂢 elbow, arm, shoulder ⇔ الكتف al kahteph ?
𓈖 𓌰 𓅓 𓂝 𓁀 go to sleep نام nām ⇔ night
𓈖 𓍇 𓏌 𓁹 see, look nadzar نَظَرَ naẓara …
𓋴 𓊪 𓏏 𓂏 lip (of mouth, vulva, shphat الشفة AR ⇔ sparte Spalt Scheide 𓄞𓂧𓊌
𓅓𓏱𓏏 death, mortal… مهرگ … מות māweṯ موت mawt الموت մահ
𓐍 𓊪 𓊪 𓇋 𓇋 𓀁 𓏪 (pl.) strange, queer qəribə غَرِيب ḡarīb -𐌱𐌰
𓐍 𓏏 𓊮 fire ቃጥሎ ḳaṭlo => qâdach קדח … 𓊮
𓐍 𓏏 𓅓 𓋩 𓂡 seal חותם khotam خَتْم ḵatm Ketten ⇔ 𓋴 𓍑 𓏏 𓅱 𓋩 signet
𓐝 𓂝 𓎼 𓄿 𓄝 skirmisher Mnauisha مناوشة (?)
𓄿 𓊃 𓐎 bald أَصْلَع ʾaṣlaʿ ⇔ ash white bald eagle
𓐣 𓅱 𓂝 𓏏 𓏯 shell (to hold ink ?) davat@Hindi,Persi,Arab
𓂋 𓐍 𓏏 𓂝 wash (clothes) rachats@HEB
𓂧 𓇬 𓈖 𓌒 stretch (bow) מיד tâmîyd ?
𓃀 𓅡 𓂓 𓇼 morning בוקר bvaka® @Sanscrit ⇔ wake
𓇋 𓏠 𓈖 𓊿 right (-hand), right-side, the West yamiyn@HEB! ⇔ manual𓂝𓂜
𓈖 𓆱 𓐍 𓏏 𓀜 𓁷 𓏤 violent nadach@HEB ?
𓊪 𓈎 𓏏 𓆀 𓋳 𓏥 fine linen פשתן pishtán
𓊪 𓈙 𓊃 𓏴 𓏛 divide פיצל pitz@HEB pass<part>poszt@HUN! pažnel@Armenian раздел
𓎼 𓂋 𓀁 silence خَرِسَ ḵarisa خرس ḵiris kluss χαλάω khaláō խաղաղ xałał chalāre calm
𓎼 𓂋 𓍅 𓀁 lie خَرَسَ ḵarasa греша́ grešá ცრუ cruˣ ⇔ غَلَط ḡalaṭ гӏалат ग़लत galat għelt ღალატი ɣalaṭi ղալաթ
𓋴 𓅱 𓎛 𓏏 𓆱 coffin صُنْدُوق ṣundūq
𓊶 𓊪 𓊋 𓀀 cover kâphâ חפף
𓊶 𓊪 𓏏 𓊮 Kyphi incense कपि kapi incense ⇔ καπνός smoke ⇔ Kaffee
𓐍 𓆑 𓂝 𓂬 𓏤 fist χούφτα > γροθιά אגרוף g-r-p ⇔ grab carpe capture
𓎡 𓆑 𓄿 𓄖 back, (be)hind خَلْفَ ḵalfa ⇔ خ ل ف ḵ-l-f •ḫalap halb 𓄂…𓄖
𓃀 𓂓 𓇳 𓏭 tomorrow, morning •bvokara בֹּקֶר / בוקר bóker bwaker Wecker wake
𓊪 𓂧 𓋴 𓏏 𓈒 pellet pe…t < projectile!?
𓃹 𓈖 𓃀 𓆰 flower, plant نَبَات nabāt ⇔ 𓅘𓎛𓃀𓏏𓆸 bud 𓆹
𓈖 𓊪 𓂋 𓇋 𓇡 grain نَفَقَ nafaqa! AR++++ => 𐭭𐭠𐭯𐭪 nāfag = Nabel 𓂋 PIE+++
𓈖 𓊪 𓅮 𓄿 𓅱 𓏥 𓏲 umbilical cord 𐭭𐭠𐭯𐭪 nāfag नाभि nā́bhi Nabel𓏲 PIE: h₃nobh-ilos
𓃀 𓅮 𓄿 𓂋 𓏤 𓎡 𓄿 𓍘 𓇋 lake bairkati Arabic 'Birket' !! بركة vs البحيرة +++(-?) very shallow reading!
𒁕𒁍 da-buʳ the Bear
𒂊𒋛𒇻 ᵍe-se-lu أَشَلَّ ʾašalla
𒅕𒁍 ir-bu locust אַרְבֶּה arbé
𒅕𒁀 er-ba 𓊖 40 ኣርባዓ ʾarbaʿa ארבעין arb‘īn אַרְבָּעִים arba'ím
𓂋 𓂧 𓂾 steps د ر ج d-r-ʒ step ⇔ Trab, direction
𓂋 𓐍 𓏏 𓂝 wash (clothes) רָחַץ rakháts رَحَضَ raḥaḍa ⇔ rect… reinige rags ر ح ض r-ḥ-ḍ رَجِسَ rajisa dreck
𓎛 𓆑 𓄿 𓅂 𓆙 snake Hafa أَفْعَى ʾafʿā חויא ḥewyā
𓈙 𓏏 𓅂 𓆉 turtle schildpad ܣܠܘܦܝܬܐ sallōp̄īṯā 𒊺𒈜𒁍 #šeleppû 𒃻𒅮𒈾 •šáˡbuna ≈ 𒊺𒂗𒅮𒈾 še-en-bun₂na PSM

preserved proper nouns:
𓃀 𓅮𓄿 𓂋 𓏤 𓎡 𓄿 𓍘 𓇋 lake ‘bairkati Arabic ‘Birket‘ !! بركة vs البحيرة

also see wanderwort

Many Sumerian and Akkadian words found their way into Semitic branches almost unchanged:

𒄑𒃶𒈾 bukānu בוכנה būḵānā "pestle"
𒌑𒌋𒌋𒁺 šam-man-du šamandar شَمَنْدَر 𒌑𒄢𒁯 u₂ sumun-dar 𒌑𒇰𒊬𒊬 sumundar "beetroot"
𒆠𒋢𒇻𒂠𒃻 KI.SU.LU.EŠ₂.GAR kisu'luešgar جيش gēš لشکر laśkar ლაშქარი laškari leşker "army"
𒉄 NAGAR נגר ܢܰܓܳܪܳܐ naggārā נַגָּרָא nagārā nagoro نجار naggār "carpenter"
𒁼 išdu ≈ 𒋗𒁺 ŠU.DU 𒁼 išdu إِشَادَة ʔišāda 𐎊𐎒𐎄 ysd ייסוד yesud "foundation, base (of building)".
𒁄 balak פלך פֶּלֶך pélekh Akk. pilaqqu "spindle"
𒁍 gazin غُصَيْن ḡuṣayn "stick"
𒉏𒊒 nim-ru 𒊊𒌉 nemur נִמְרָא nimrā 𓃮 “leopard” 𓌳 𓅱 𓃬 •nwmrw
𒈠𒁖𒆪 madakku مِدَقَّة midaqqa "pestle"
𒄑𒃶𒈾 bukānu בוכנה būḵānā "pestle"

Egyptian locations

Many Egyptian locations have their names derived from ancient names:
دمنهور Damanhour 𓂧 𓏇 𓇋 𓇋 𓊖 𓏌 𓅄 domain horu "House/City/Settlement of Horus" ⲡϯⲙⲓⲛ̀ϩⲱⲣ תמנחור Temenkhūr
ابو صير Abu Sir 𓉐 𓏤 𓊨 𓁹 𓀭 Abode Osiris'
الفيوم Fayoum 𓅮 𓄿 𓇋 𓇋 𓆲 𓈗 𓈘 ( 𓆲 for 𓅓·𓂝 ) pa ym "The sea"
أسيوط Asyūṭ Asyut Assiout ⲥⲓⲟⲟⲩⲧ ⲥⲓⲱⲟⲩⲧ Siōwt 𓎂 𓅱 𓏏 𓊖 •Schutz "the city that protects"
أسوان ʾAswān Assouan Assuan Aswan Ⲥⲟⲩⲁⲛ Souan Syene 𓋴 𓃹 𓈖 𓏏 𓊖 swnt𓊖 Swenett "trade" 𓆄 𓅱 𓏏 𓏮 𓂡 | trader | #šwt
Tell Basta 𓎰 Bastet @ Bubastis
Al Hatnoub "place of gold" noble hut
Al-Ashmunayn Ashmunein Ashmounein 𐄎𓅱𓏌𓊖𓏏 "City of the Eight / Ogdoad" Ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ Shmun 𓋉 Khemenu ḫmnw Hermoⁿpolis

many more …
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