Where does “mamelukki” come from?

mamelukki (Finnish) comes from French mamelouk, from Arabic مَمْلُوك, from Arabic مَلَكَ, from Arabic ل, from Proto-Semitic *lV- — for, to.

mamelukki (Finnish): mameluke

Definitions

  1. mameluke

Ancestry of “mamelukki”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmameloukmameluk; of or relating to the mameluks
2Arabicمَمْلُوكslave
3Arabicمَلَكَto possess; to rule; to own; to take possession...
4Arabicلto, for, belonging to; لَـ •; Used to express...
5Proto-Semitic*lV-for, to
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