Where does “ikoll” come from?

ikoll (Maltese) comes from Maltese ikun, from Maltese kien, from Arabic كَانَ, from Arabic و, from Persian یا, from Arabic يَا — {{m|en|O|id=vocative}}.

ikoll (Maltese): imperfect tense of kell

Definitions

  1. imperfect tense of kell

Ancestry of “ikoll”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malteseikun—
2Maltesekiento be
3Arabicكَانَto be
4Arabicوand, "comma", "semi-colon"; a divider of words or...
5PersianیاAPI •; or; either
6Arabicيَا{{m|en|O|id=vocative}}
Every word from Arabic يَا →Every word from Persian یا →Every word from Arabic و →