English Wiktionary account
Source-reportedFrom jꜥḥ (“the moon/Iah”) + ms (“to give birth”) + (.w) (masculine third-person singular stative ending), thus ‘the moon is born’ or ‘Iah is born’.
Sources for this account (1)
- Wiktionary: jꜥḥ-msCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

