Where does “yamini” come from?

yamini (Swahili) comes from Arabic يَمِين, from Proto-Semitic yamīn-, from Proto-Afroasiatic yamin- — right hand.

yamini (Swahili): oath; right hand; right side

Definitions

  1. oath; right hand; right side

Ancestry of “yamini”, step by step

yamini traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic يَمِين

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicيَمِينright, right-hand
2Proto-Semiticyamīn-right, right hand; a side, boundary or district;...
3Proto-Afroasiaticyamin-right hand

via Sanskrit यामिनी

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritयामिनी—
Every word from Proto-Afroasiatic yamin- →Every word from Proto-Semitic yamīn- →Every word from Arabic يَمِين →