Where does “Alla” come from?

Alla (Maltese) comes from Arabic الله, from Arabic الٱِلٰه, from Arabic إله, from Proto-Semitic ʔil- — deity, god.

Alla (Maltese): God

Definitions

  1. God

Ancestry of “Alla”, step by step

Alla traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic الله

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ArabicاللهAllah; God; god
2ArabicالٱِلٰهGod
3Arabicإلهgod, deity
4Proto-Semiticʔil-deity, god

via Arabic اَللّٰه

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ArabicاَللّٰهAllah; God
2Proto-Semiticʾil-deity; god

Words derived from “Alla”

Every word from Proto-Semitic ʔil- →Every word from Arabic إله →Every word from Arabic الٱِلٰه →