Where does “מלחייה” come from?

מלחייה (Hebrew) comes from Hebrew מלח, from Akkadian malāḫum, from Sumerian 𒈣𒁻, from Akkadian 𒈣.

מלחייה (Hebrew): A salt shaker, a salt cellar: a container that holds ground salt and facilitates sprinkling it on food

Definitions

  1. A salt shaker, a salt cellar: a container that holds ground salt and facilitates sprinkling it on food

Ancestry of “מלחייה”, step by step

מלחייה traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hebrew מלח

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewמלחsalt, the common substance used as a condiment;...
2Akkadianmalāḫumsailor, shipwright
3Sumerian𒈣𒁻sailor
4Akkadian𒈣—

via Hebrew יה

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HebrewיהJah, one of the names of God and a common theophoric element in Hebrew names
2HebrewיהוהYHWH, Yahweh, Jehovah; God; Yahweh
3Proto-Semitic*haway-to be, to become, to fall, to happen
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