Where does “اسلام” come from?

اسلام (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Arabic إِسْلَام, from Arabic أَسْلَمَ, from Arabic ل, from Proto-Semitic *lV- — for, to.

اسلام (Ottoman Turkish): a delivering; a handing over; a resigning

Definitions

  1. a delivering; a handing over; a resigning

Ancestry of “اسلام”, 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-for, to

Words derived from “اسلام

Every word from Proto-Semitic *lV-Every word from Arabic لEvery word from Arabic أَسْلَمَ