Where does “מלחא” come from?

מלחא (Aramaic) comes from Akkadian malāḫum, from Sumerian 𒈣𒁻, from Akkadian 𒈣.

מלחא (Aramaic): salt

Definitions

  1. salt

Ancestry of “מלחא”, step by step

מלחא traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Akkadian malāḫum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Akkadianmalāḫumsailor, shipwright
2Sumerian𒈣𒁻sailor
3Akkadian𒈣—

via Proto-West Semitic milḥ-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Semiticmilḥ-salt
Every word from Akkadian 𒈣 →Every word from Sumerian 𒈣𒁻 →Every word from Akkadian malāḫum →