Where does “മുസ്ലിം” come from?

മുസ്ലിം (Malayalam) comes from Arabic مسلم, from Arabic أَسْلَمَ, from Arabic ل, from Proto-Semitic *lV- — for, to.

മുസ്ലിം (Malayalam): muslim

Definitions

  1. muslim

Ancestry of “മുസ്ലിം”, step by step

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

Words derived from “മുസ്ലിം”

Every word from Proto-Semitic *lV- →Every word from Arabic ل →Every word from Arabic أَسْلَمَ →