Where does “Alderamin” come from?

Alderamin (English) comes from Arabic الذِّرَاع الْيَمِين, from Arabic يَمِين, from Proto-Semitic yamīn-, from Proto-Afroasiatic yamin- — right hand.

Alderamin (English): A star in the constellation of Cepheus

Definitions

  1. A star in the constellation of Cepheus

Ancestry of “Alderamin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicالذِّرَاع الْيَمِينthe right arm
2Arabicيَمِينright, right-hand
3Proto-Semiticyamīn-right, right hand; a side, boundary or district;...
4Proto-Afroasiaticyamin-right hand
Every word from Proto-Afroasiatic yamin- →Every word from Proto-Semitic yamīn- →Every word from Arabic يَمِين →