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Where does “Islam” come from?

Islam (German) comes from Arabic إِسْلَام, from Arabic أَسْلَمَ, from Arabic ل, from Proto-Semitic *lV-.

Islam (German): Islam

Definitions

  1. Islam

Ancestry of “Islam”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicإِسْلَامsubmission; religious submission to God, Islam;...
2Arabicأَسْلَمَto surrender, to become a Muslim; he submitted
3Arabicلto, for, belonging to; لَـ •; Used to express...
4Proto-Semitic*lV-—

Words derived from “Islam”

  • unislamisch
  • panislamisch
  • islamisch
  • Islamwissenschaft
  • Islamismus
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