Where does “lemin” come from?
lemin (Maltese) comes from Arabic يَمِين, from Proto-Semitic yamīn-, from Proto-Afroasiatic yamin- — right hand.
lemin (Maltese): right side; the right
Ancestry of “lemin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Arabic | يَمِين | right, right-hand |
| 2 | Proto-Semitic | yamīn- | right, right hand; a side, boundary or district;... |
| 3 | Proto-Afroasiatic | yamin- | right hand |