Where does “אֱלָהָא” come from?

אֱלָהָא (Aramaic) comes from Proto-Semitic ʔil- — deity, god.

Ancestry of “אֱלָהָא”, step by step

אֱלָהָא traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Semitic ʔil-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Semiticʔil-deity, god

via Aramaic ־וּתָא

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Aramaic־וּתָא

Words derived from “אֱלָהָא

Every word from Proto-Semitic ʔil-