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Where does “min” come from?

min (Maltese) comes from Maltese Alla, from Arabic الله, from Arabic الٱِلٰه, from Arabic إله, from Proto-Semitic ʔil- — deity, god.

min (Maltese): who

Definitions

  1. who

Ancestry of “min”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MalteseAllaGod
2ArabicاللهAllah; God; god
3ArabicالٱِلٰهGod
4Arabicإلهgod, deity
5Proto-Semiticʔil-deity, god
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