Where does “Jemen” come from?
Jemen (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Arabic اليمن, from Arabic م, from Proto-Semitic šamaʿ-.
Ancestry of “Jemen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Arabic | اليمن | al-Yaman |
| 2 | Arabic | م | a prefix used to create nouns of place; a prefix... |
| 3 | Proto-Semitic | šamaʿ- | — |
Words derived from “Jemen”