Where does “aalim” come from?

aalim (Wolof) comes from Arabic عَالِم, from Arabic عَلِمَ, from Arabic ل, from Proto-Semitic *lV- — for, to.

aalim (Wolof): scholar, alim

Definitions

  1. scholar, alim

Ancestry of “aalim”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicعَالِمknowing, learned, also scholar; learned one;...
2Arabicعَلِمَto know, to perceive, to distinguish
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 عَلِمَ →