Where does “ħaġa” come from?

ħaġa (Maltese) comes from Arabic حاجة, from Arabic حَاج, from Aramaic חָגָּה, from Akkadian egu — a thorny plant, probably a kind of camelthorn.

ħaġa (Maltese): thing; matter; event

Definitions

  1. thing; matter; event

Ancestry of “ħaġa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicحاجةneed, necessity; need; neediness, poverty
2Arabicحَاج"Alhagi" gen. et spp
3Aramaicחָגָּה—
4Akkadianegua thorny plant, probably a kind of camelthorn
Every word from Akkadian egu →Every word from Aramaic חָגָּה →Every word from Arabic حَاج →