Where does “Ulemek” come from?

Ulemek (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish علما, from Arabic عُلَمَاء, from Arabic عَالِم, from Arabic عَلِمَ, from Arabic ل, from Proto-Semitic *lV- — for, to.

Ancestry of “Ulemek”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishعلما—
2Arabicعُلَمَاء—
3Arabicعَالِمknowing, learned, also scholar; learned one;...
4Arabicعَلِمَto know, to perceive, to distinguish
5Arabicلto, for, belonging to; لَـ •; Used to express...
6Proto-Semitic*lV-for, to
Every word from Proto-Semitic *lV- →Every word from Arabic ل →Every word from Arabic عَلِمَ →