Where does “مسلمان” come from?

مسلمان (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Persian مسلمان, from Arabic مُسْلِم, from Arabic أَسْلَمَ, from Arabic ل, from Proto-Semitic *lV- — for, to.

مسلمان (Ottoman Turkish): Muslim

Definitions

  1. Muslim

Ancestry of “مسلمان”, step by step

مسلمان traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian مسلمان

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PersianمسلمانMuslim
2ArabicمُسْلِمMuslim; one who submits
3Arabicأَسْلَمَto surrender, to become a Muslim; he submitted
4Arabicلto, for, belonging to; لَـ •; Used to express...
5Proto-Semitic*lV-for, to

via Classical Persian مُسَلْمَان

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianمُسَلْمَان—

via Classical Persian مسلمان

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianمسلمان—

Words derived from “مسلمان”

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