Where does “kien” come from?

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

kien (Maltese): to be

Definitions

  1. to be

Ancestry of “kien”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicكَانَto be
2Arabicوand, "comma", "semi-colon"; a divider of words or...
3PersianیاAPI •; or; either
4Arabicيَا{{m|en|O|id=vocative}}

Words derived from “kien”

Every word from Arabic يَا →Every word from Persian یا →Every word from Arabic و →
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