Where does “qatta'” come from?

qatta' (Maltese) comes from Arabic قطع, from Arabic ط, from Nabataean 𐢋, from Classical Syriac ܛ, from Aramaic ט‬, from Aramaic 𐡈, from Egyptian 𓄤.

qatta' (Maltese): to cut to pieces

Definitions

  1. to cut to pieces

Ancestry of “qatta'”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicقطعto cut, to break; to stop, to cease; to cut off
2Arabicطط
3Nabataean𐢋—
4Classical Syriacܛnumber nine
5Aramaicט‬—
6Aramaic𐡈A letter of the Imperial Aramaic alphabet, named teth, transliterated as Latin ṭ
7Egyptian𓄤—
Every word from Egyptian 𓄤 →Every word from Aramaic 𐡈 →Every word from Aramaic ט‬ →