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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicاليمنal-Yaman
2Arabicمa prefix used to create nouns of place; a prefix...
3Proto-Semiticšamaʿ-—

Words derived from “Jemen”

Every word from Proto-Semitic šamaʿ- →Every word from Arabic م →Every word from Arabic اليمن →