This would be the how the word Maot came about:
MA'OT מאות ('maʔot)
(Hebrew for small change)
(Haquetía for small change)
EVOLVED INTO
MAOT ('maot)
(the 'glottal stop' represented by the ' is lost)
(the meaning evolves from 'small change' to 'money in general')
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