Where does “اللّٰه” come from?

اللّٰه (Arabic) comes from Proto-Semitic ʾil- — deity; god.

اللّٰه (Arabic): God, Allah; the All-highest”, “God; the...

Definitions

  1. God, Allah; the All-highest”, “God; the...

Ancestry of “اللّٰه”, step by step

اللّٰه traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Semitic ʾil-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Semiticʾil-deity; god

via Proto-Semitic ʔil-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Semiticʔil-deity, god

Words derived from “اللّٰه

Every word from Proto-Semitic ʾil-