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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. By
surface analysis ,
ϩⲓ- ( hi- ,
“ on ” ) +
ⲙⲏⲣ ( mēr ,
“ (opposite) shore ” ) .
ϩⲓⲙⲏⲣ • (himēr )
( Bohairic ) other side (of), beyond 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 [1] →ISBN page 180
