Where does “ислам” come from?

ислам (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Arabic إِسْلَام, from Arabic أَسْلَمَ, from Arabic ل, from Proto-Semitic *lV- — for, to.

ислам (Serbo-Croatian): Islam

Definitions

  1. Islam

Ancestry of “ислам”, 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
Every word from Proto-Semitic *lV- →Every word from Arabic ل →Every word from Arabic أَسْلَمَ →