Where does “xewki” come from?

xewki (Maltese) comes from Arabic شوكي, from Arabic ـِيّ — {{n-g|suffix used to derive adjectives and...

xewki (Maltese): thorny

Definitions

  1. thorny

Ancestry of “xewki”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicشوكيthorny, prickly
2Arabicـِيّ{{n-g|suffix used to derive adjectives and...
Every word from Arabic ـِيّ →Every word from Arabic شوكي →