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.
Ancestry of “Alderamin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Arabic | الذِّرَاع الْيَمِين | the right arm |
| 2 | Arabic | يَمِين | right, right-hand |
| 3 | Proto-Semitic | yamīn- | right, right hand; a side, boundary or district;... |
| 4 | Proto-Afroasiatic | yamin- | right hand |