Where does “Pohjois-Jemen” come from?
Pohjois-Jemen (Finnish) comes from Finnish Jemen, from Arabic اَلْيَمَن, from Proto-Semitic yamīn-, from Proto-Afroasiatic yamin- — right hand.
Ancestry of “Pohjois-Jemen”, step by step
Pohjois-Jemen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish Jemen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Jemen | — |
| 2 | Arabic | اَلْيَمَن | — |
| 3 | Proto-Semitic | yamīn- | right, right hand; a side, boundary or district;... |
| 4 | Proto-Afroasiatic | yamin- | right hand |
via Finnish pohjoinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pohjoinen | north; northern |
| 2 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 3 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |