Where does “Yemenic” come from?

Yemenic (English) comes from English Yemen, from Arabic اَلْيَمَن, from Proto-Semitic yamīn-, from Proto-Afroasiatic yamin- — right hand.

Yemenic (English): Of or relating to Yemen

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to Yemen

Ancestry of “Yemenic”, step by step

Yemenic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Yemen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishYementhe Arabia Felix
2Arabicاَلْيَمَن
3Proto-Semiticyamīn-right, right hand; a side, boundary or district;...
4Proto-Afroasiaticyamin-right hand

via English ic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishicrelated or pertaining to; having the character of
Every word from Proto-Afroasiatic yamin-Every word from Proto-Semitic yamīn-Every word from Arabic اَلْيَمَن