Where does “muslim” come from?
muslim (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Arabic مُسْلِم, from Arabic أَسْلَمَ, from Arabic ل, from Proto-Semitic *lV-.
muslim (Norwegian Nynorsk): a Muslim
Ancestry of “muslim”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Arabic | مُسْلِم | Muslim; one who submits |
| 2 | Arabic | أَسْلَمَ | to surrender, to become a Muslim; he submitted |
| 3 | Arabic | ل | to, for, belonging to; لَـ •; Used to express... |
| 4 | Proto-Semitic | *lV- | — |