Where does “מאיא” come from?
מאיא (Lishana Deni) comes from Aramaic מַיָּא, from Proto-Semitic māy-, from Proto-Afroasiatic maʔ- — water.
מאיא (Lishana Deni): water
Ancestry of “מאיא”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Aramaic | מַיָּא | — |
| 2 | Proto-Semitic | māy- | water |
| 3 | Proto-Afroasiatic | maʔ- | water |