Where does “ħaġa” come from?
ħaġa (Maltese) comes from Arabic حاجة, from Arabic حَاج, from Aramaic חָגָּה, from Akkadian egu.
ħaġa (Maltese): thing; matter; event
Ancestry of “ħaġa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Arabic | حاجة | need, necessity; need; neediness, poverty |
| 2 | Arabic | حَاج | "Alhagi" gen. et spp |
| 3 | Aramaic | חָגָּה | — |
| 4 | Akkadian | egu | — |