Where does “الله” come from?
الله (South Levantine Arabic) comes from Arabic الله, from Arabic الٱِلٰه, from Arabic إله, from Proto-Semitic ʔil- — deity, god.
Ancestry of “الله”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Arabic | الله | Allah; God; god |
| 2 | Arabic | الٱِلٰه | God |
| 3 | Arabic | إله | god, deity |
| 4 | Proto-Semitic | ʔil- | deity, god |