Where does “ħolom” come from?

ħolom (Maltese) comes from Arabic حَلَمَ, from Arabic ل, from Proto-Semitic *lV- — for, to.

ħolom (Maltese): to dream; to imagine unlikely things; to be...

Definitions

  1. to dream; to imagine unlikely things; to be...

Ancestry of “ħolom”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicحَلَمَto dream
2Arabicلto, for, belonging to; لَـ •; Used to express...
3Proto-Semitic*lV-for, to
Every word from Proto-Semitic *lV- →Every word from Arabic ل →Every word from Arabic حَلَمَ →