Where does “hemm” come from?

hemm (Maltese) comes from Maltese hekk, from Maltese hekkda, from Arabic هٰكَذَا.

hemm (Maltese): there; there is, there are; sorrow, sadness,...

Definitions

  1. there; there is, there are; sorrow, sadness,...

Ancestry of “hemm”, step by step

hemm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Maltese hekk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Maltesehekkso
2Maltesehekkdaso; in the same way
3Arabicهٰكَذَا—

via Arabic ثَمَّ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicثَمَّ—
Every word from Arabic هٰكَذَا →Every word from Maltese hekkda →Every word from Maltese hekk →