Where does “ġifen” come from?

ġifen (Maltese) comes from Arabic جَفْن, from Middle Armenian -ի, from Old Armenian -ի, from Proto-Indo-European -yo-.

ġifen (Maltese): sailing ship

Definitions

  1. sailing ship

Ancestry of “ġifen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicجَفْن—
2Middle Armenian-իforming botanical names
3Old Armenian-իforming adjectives; forming botanical names; made...
4Proto-Indo-European-yo-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yo- →Every word from Old Armenian -ի →Every word from Middle Armenian -ի →