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
Ancestry of “ikoll”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Maltese | ikun | — |
| 2 | Maltese | kien | to be |
| 3 | Arabic | كَانَ | to be |
| 4 | Arabic | و | and, "comma", "semi-colon"; a divider of words or... |
| 5 | Persian | یا | API •; or; either |
| 6 | Arabic | يَا | {{m|en|O|id=vocative}} |