Where does “selam” come from?

selam (Indonesian) comes from Betawi Selam, from Arabic إِسْلَام, from Arabic أَسْلَمَ, from Arabic ل, from Proto-Semitic *lV- — for, to.

selam (Indonesian): to dive

Definitions

  1. to dive

Ancestry of “selam”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1BetawiSelamIslam
2Arabicإِسْلَامsubmission; religious submission to God, Islam;...
3Arabicأَسْلَمَto surrender, to become a Muslim; he submitted
4Arabicلto, for, belonging to; لَـ •; Used to express...
5Proto-Semitic*lV-for, to

Words derived from “selam”

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