Where does “qiegħed” come from?

qiegħed (Maltese) comes from Arabic قعد, from Arabic قَعَدَ, from Arabic ع — second-person masculine singular active...

qiegħed (Maltese): A verbal particle indicating progressive verb tenses

Definitions

  1. A verbal particle indicating progressive verb tenses

Ancestry of “qiegħed”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicقعدto sit down; to sit; to remain sitting, to abide,...
2Arabicقَعَدَto sit down, to lie in wait, to waylay; to sit
3Arabicعsecond-person masculine singular active...
Every word from Arabic ع →Every word from Arabic قَعَدَ →Every word from Arabic قعد →