Where does “ابلیس” come from?

ابلیس (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Arabic إِبْلِيس, from Arabic ل, from Proto-Semitic *lV- — for, to.

Ancestry of “ابلیس”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ArabicإِبْلِيسIblis; Iblees, devil; demon, devil
2Arabicلto, for, belonging to; لَـ •; Used to express...
3Proto-Semitic*lV-for, to

Words derived from “ابلیس”

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