Talk:Buttigieg

Father

 * Hi. The first part "father" is no longer used in Maltese. I can't find a cognate of 🇨🇬 or in Maltese. Also, why is it capitalised? --Anatoli T. (обсудить/вклад) 08:39, 4 June 2019 (UTC)


 * I think I found it says that the Maltese Semitic  from the Arabic construct form  only appears in combinations, mainly surnames and placenames. --Anatoli T. (обсудить/вклад) 08:54, 4 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Anatoli, it's capitalized in Maltese, because it is a surname. --Vahag (talk) 11:53, 4 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I didn't know it was also a surname in Maltese. --Anatoli T. (обсудить/вклад) 13:02, 4 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Anatoli, your questions are surprising. Of course it is a surname in Maltese, the etymology made you know it, and a search engine would make you know it as fast. Also it is not hard to see that a word like “father” leaves its traces somewhere, be it obsolete or not – now that much historically you can think! is constantly and universally in the Arabic dialects of yore and today used in proper names, plant names, animal names. Fay Freak (talk) 13:33, 4 June 2019 (UTC)
 * I knew it should be there somewhere but I couldn't find quickly, so asked for help to find it quicker, also hoping to see the actual etymology source. I don't know Maltese well enough but know that Maltese deviated heavily from Arabic, I wouldn't be surprised if many Arabic roots don't have any traces in modern or old Maltese. A stupid question is the one we don't ask. --Anatoli T. (обсудить/вклад) 14:08, 4 June 2019 (UTC)