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Where does “yamīn-” come from?

yamīn- (Proto-Semitic) comes from Proto-Afroasiatic yamin- — right hand.

yamīn- (Proto-Semitic): right, right hand; a side, boundary or district;...

Definitions

  1. right, right hand; a side, boundary or district;...

Ancestry of “yamīn-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Afroasiaticyamin-right hand

Words derived from “yamīn-”

  • Yemen
  • Yemeni
  • Yemenite
  • Yemeniness
  • اَلْيَمَن
  • يمين
  • בנימין
  • ימין
  • यमन
  • یمن
  • Yeaman
  • ܝܡܝܢܐ
  • ܬܝܡܢܐ
  • য়েমেন
  • ימינא
  • 𐎊𐎎𐎐
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