Where does “ħawwef” come from?

ħawwef (Maltese) comes from Arabic خوف, from Arabic و, from Persian یا, from Arabic يَا — {{m|en|O|id=vocative}}.

ħawwef (Maltese): to scare, to frighten

Definitions

  1. to scare, to frighten

Ancestry of “ħawwef”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicخوفverbal noun of خَافَ; fear; to frighten
2Arabicوand, "comma", "semi-colon"; a divider of words or...
3PersianیاAPI •; or; either
4Arabicيَا{{m|en|O|id=vocative}}
Every word from Arabic يَا →Every word from Persian یا →Every word from Arabic و →