Where does “ħatab” come from?

ħatab (Maltese) comes from Arabic حطب, from Arabic ط, from Nabataean 𐢋, from Classical Syriac ܛ, from Aramaic ט‬, from Aramaic 𐡈, from Egyptian 𓄤.

ħatab (Maltese): firewood

Definitions

  1. firewood

Ancestry of “ħatab”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicحطبfirewood
2Arabicطط
3Nabataean𐢋—
4Classical Syriacܛnumber nine
5Aramaicט‬—
6Aramaic𐡈A letter of the Imperial Aramaic alphabet, named teth, transliterated as Latin ṭ
7Egyptian𓄤—
Every word from Egyptian 𓄤 →Every word from Aramaic 𐡈 →Every word from Aramaic ט‬ →