Where does “Muhammad” come from?
Muhammad comes from Arabic Muḥammad, derived from the Arabic verb ḥammada meaning "to praise," ultimately from Proto-Semitic šamaʿ-.
Muhammad (English): Baphomet
Ancestry of “Muhammad”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Arabic | مُحَمَّد | praised, commendable, laudable; Muhammad |
| 2 | Classical Persian | جَان | — |
| 3 | Middle Persian | 𐫃𐫏𐫀𐫗 | — |
| 4 | Proto-Iranian | *wyaHnáH | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | wyaHnás | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂enh₁‑ | — |
Words derived from “Muhammad”