Where does “דרום־מזרח” come from?

דרום־מזרח (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish דרום, from Hebrew דָּרוֹם — south.

דרום־מזרח (Yiddish): southeast

Definitions

  1. southeast

Ancestry of “דרום־מזרח”, step by step

דרום־מזרח traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish דרום

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishדרוםsouth
2Hebrewדָּרוֹםsouth

via Yiddish מזרח

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishמזרחeast
2Hebrewמִזְרָח—
Every word from Hebrew דָּרוֹם →Every word from Yiddish דרום →