Where does “איסלאַמיש” come from?
איסלאַמיש (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish איסלאַם, from Arabic إِسْلَام, from Arabic أَسْلَمَ, from Arabic ل, from Proto-Semitic *lV- — for, to.
איסלאַמיש (Yiddish): Islamic
Ancestry of “איסלאַמיש”, step by step
איסלאַמיש traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Yiddish איסלאַם
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | איסלאַם | Islam |
| 2 | Arabic | إِسْلَام | submission; religious submission to God, Islam;... |
| 3 | Arabic | أَسْلَمَ | to surrender, to become a Muslim; he submitted |
| 4 | Arabic | ل | to, for, belonging to; لَـ •; Used to express... |
| 5 | Proto-Semitic | *lV- | for, to |
via Yiddish יש
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | יש | liquor, especially brandy or whisky; entity,... |
| 2 | Hebrew | יַיִן | wine |
| 3 | Hebrew | שרף | to burn; to use up, waste; seraph |