Monday, February 24, 2025

Potential Coptic Background to "Dosh" in the name Enish-go-on-dosh

When discussing the etymology of Enish-go-on-dosh, Robert F. Smith wrote:

 

One finds that very term used in Sahidic Coptic tōš, toš “boundary, name,” and it is also used in a Coptic place-name ntoš. (Robert F. Smith, “A Brief Assessment of the LDS Book of Abraham” [February 28, 2020], p. 16)

 

He references W. E. Crum, A Coptic Dictionary (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1939), 452b. Here is the relevant entry:




 

 

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