halloumi

The story

1. Demotic Egyptian · derived fromḥlm
2. Semitic · derived from
3. cop-sah · derived fromϩⲁⲗⲱⲙ<t:cheese>
4. Egyptian Arabic · derived fromحَلُّوم
5. Cypriot Arabic · derived fromxallúm
6. Greek · borrowed fromχαλλούμι
7. English todayhalloumi

Borrowed from Greek χαλλούμι (challoúmi), from Cypriot Arabic xallúm, from Egyptian Arabic حَلُّوم, from Sahidic Coptic ϩⲁⲗⲱⲙ (halōm, “cheese”), or ⲁⲗⲱⲙ (alōm, “cheese”), itself in turn probably a borrowing from Semitic, though in manuscripts and ostraca from 2nd century Roman Egypt, Egyptian Demotic Egyptian ḥlm is also attested with the meaning "cheese".