Where does “xiħ” come from?

xiħ (Maltese) comes from Arabic شاخ, from Arabic ي, from Proto-Semitic ʿayn-, from Hebrew עַיִן — eye.

xiħ (Maltese): old, elderly; an old man

Definitions

  1. old, elderly; an old man

Ancestry of “xiħ”, step by step

xiħ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic شاخ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicشاخto age
2Arabicيbound object pronoun: me, my; The nisba suffix,...
3Proto-Semiticʿayn-eye
4Hebrewעַיִןeye

via Arabic شَيْخ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicشَيْخsheikh; an elder in charge; elder
2Arabicشَاخَto age, grow old; to age, to grow old; to grow...

Words derived from “xiħ”

Every word from Hebrew עַיִן →Every word from Proto-Semitic ʿayn- →Every word from Arabic ي →