The story
- Proto-Semitic · derived from*ʾil-
- Arabic · derived fromاللّٰه
- English todayAllah
From Arabic اللّٰه (allāh), contraction of اَل (al-, “the”) + إِلَه (ʔilah, “deity”); cognate with the Aramaic אלה (aláh) and אלהא (aláhâ), and Hebrew אֵל (él), אֱלוֹהַּ / אֱלֹהַּ (elóah) and אֱלוֹהִים \ אֱלֹהִים (elohím); ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ʾil-.-.
Words from the same roots
Proto-Semitic*ʾil- all →
Gabriel
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.