Where does “temtem” come from?

temtem (Maltese) comes from Arabic تمتم, from Arabic م, from Proto-Semitic šamaʿ-.

temtem (Maltese): to stutter

Definitions

  1. to stutter

Ancestry of “temtem”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicتمتمto mutter
2Arabicمa prefix used to create nouns of place; a prefix...
3Proto-Semiticšamaʿ-—
Every word from Proto-Semitic šamaʿ- →Every word from Arabic م →Every word from Arabic تمتم →