Where does “إلهي” come from?

إلهي (Arabic) comes from Arabic إِلٰه, from Proto-Semitic ʾil- — deity; god.

إلهي (Arabic): divine; godly, godlike; my God

Definitions

  1. divine; godly, godlike; my God

Ancestry of “إلهي”, step by step

إلهي traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic إِلٰه

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicإِلٰهgod, deity
2Proto-Semiticʾil-deity; god

via Arabic ـِيّ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicـِيّ{{n-g|suffix used to derive adjectives and...
Every word from Proto-Semitic ʾil- →Every word from Arabic إِلٰه →