Where does “diwi” come from?

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

diwi (Maltese): echoing

Definitions

  1. echoing

Ancestry of “diwi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicدويverbal noun of دَوَى; someone, somebody; hum,...
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 →