Where does “jemenittisk” come from?
jemenittisk (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk jemenitt, from Norwegian Nynorsk Jemen, from Arabic اليمن, from Arabic م, from Proto-Semitic šamaʿ-.
jemenittisk (Norwegian Nynorsk): Yemeni
Ancestry of “jemenittisk”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | jemenitt | a Yemeni |
| 2 | Norwegian Nynorsk | Jemen | — |
| 3 | Arabic | اليمن | al-Yaman |
| 4 | Arabic | م | a prefix used to create nouns of place; a prefix... |
| 5 | Proto-Semitic | šamaʿ- | — |