Where does “איסלאַמער” come from?

איסלאַמער (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish איסלאַם, from Arabic إِسْلَام, from Arabic أَسْلَمَ, from Arabic ل, from Proto-Semitic *lV- — for, to.

איסלאַמער (Yiddish): Muslim

Definitions

  1. Muslim

Ancestry of “איסלאַמער”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1YiddishאיסלאַםIslam
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
Every word from Proto-Semitic *lV- →Every word from Arabic ل →Every word from Arabic أَسْلَمَ →
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