Where does “pkyaδδa” come from?

pkyaδδa (Cypriot Arabic) comes from Arabic ابيض, from Arabic ي, from Proto-Semitic ʿayn-, from Hebrew עַיִן — eye.

pkyaδδa (Cypriot Arabic): to turn white

Definitions

  1. to turn white

Ancestry of “pkyaδδa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicابيضto turn white, to whiten
2Arabicيbound object pronoun: me, my; The nisba suffix,...
3Proto-Semiticʿayn-eye
4Hebrewעַיִןeye
Every word from Hebrew עַיִן →Every word from Proto-Semitic ʿayn- →Every word from Arabic ي →