Where does “mewweġ” come from?

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

mewweġ (Maltese): to undulate

Definitions

  1. to undulate

Ancestry of “mewweġ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicموجtorrent, surge, waves; to wave; to ripple
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 →