Where does “difla” come from?

difla (Maltese) comes from Arabic دِفْلَى, from Ancient Greek Δάφνη, from Ancient Greek δάφνη, from Ancient Greek η, from Phoenician 𐤇, from Egyptian ?.

difla (Maltese): oleander (Nerium oleander)

Definitions

oleander (Nerium oleander)

Ancestry of “difla”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Arabic	دِفْلَى	oleander
2	Ancient Greek	Δάφνη	Daphne
3	Ancient Greek	δάφνη	laurel, bay
4	Ancient Greek	η	Lower-case eta, the seventh letter of the ancient Greek alphabet. Its name was ἦτα and it represented a long open-mid front unrounded vowel:. It is often transliterated as either e or i. It is preceded by ζ and followed by θ
5	Phoenician	𐤇	het; heth
6	Egyptian	?	—

Every word from Egyptian ? →Every word from Phoenician 𐤇 →Every word from Ancient Greek η →