Origin of the Arabic name of God: "Allah"

Where did the name "Allah" come from?

There are numerous theories about the origin of term "Allah", the Arabic name for God. This page will collect some of them and each collection has to start with one item. Please inform me of other web pages, newsgroup postings, ... that give clear expositions of other views.

• From the Aramaic/Syriac name: Alaha (most likely)
• "Allah" from "alaha" or: How to understand surah 4:125?
• Various theories are listed in the entry ALLAH of the Comparative Index to Islam

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