Where does “tameǧaḥt” come from?

tameǧaḥt (Tarifit) comes from Tarifit ameǧaḥ, from Tarifit meǧeḥ, from Moroccan Arabic ملح, from Arabic مِلْح — salt, beauty.

Ancestry of “tameǧaḥt”, step by step

tameǧaḥt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tarifit ameǧaḥ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tarifitameǧaḥsalty object
2Tarifitmeǧeḥto salt
3Moroccan Arabicملحsalt
4Arabicمِلْحsalt, beauty

via Tarifit t- -t

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tarifitt- -t—
2Proto-Berber*ta- -t—
Every word from Arabic مِلْح →Every word from Moroccan Arabic ملح →Every word from Tarifit meǧeḥ →
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