Where does “اسلام” come from?

اسلام (Urdu) comes from Classical Persian اِسْلَام, from Arabic إِسْلَام, from Arabic أَسْلَمَ, from Arabic ل, from Proto-Semitic *lV- — for, to.

اسلام (Urdu): Islam

Definitions

  1. Islam

Ancestry of “اسلام”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianاِسْلَام—
2Arabicإِسْلَامsubmission; religious submission to God, Islam;...
3Arabicأَسْلَمَto surrender, to become a Muslim; he submitted
4Arabicلto, for, belonging to; لَـ •; Used to express...
5Proto-Semitic*lV-for, to

Words derived from “اسلام”

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