Etymograph

English

SoHa

Blend of south + Harlem (south of Harlem (the southern part of Harlem and the area to the south of Harlem)).

A blend of south + Harlem

Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ ~ *sh₂wén-

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Proto-Germanic *sunþrą

Proto-West Germanic *sunþr ‘southern’

Old English sūþ

Middle English south ‘south’

English south

Dutch Nieuw Haarlem ‘new Haarlem’

English Harlem

The story

Coined in analogy to SoHo (‘South of Houston Street’).

Today it means

name An area of Manhattan, New York, United States, referring to the neighborhoods of South Harlem and Morningside Heights.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / SoHa