English
Yamin
Yamin comes from Arabic يَمِين ‘right, right side, right hand’, and goes back to Proto-Afroasiatic *yamin-.
- Proto-Afroasiaticprehistoric (reconstructed)*yamin-‘right’reconstructed
- Proto-Semiticc. 4000–3000 BCE*yamīn-‘right’reconstructed
- Arabicc. 500–presentيَمِينyamīn‘right, right side, right hand’
- EnglishtodayYamin
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Afroasiaticprehistoric (reconstructed)*yamin-‘right’reconstructed
- Proto-Semiticc. 4000–3000 BCE*yamīn-‘right’reconstructed
- Arabicc. 500–presentيَمِينyamīn‘right, right side, right hand’
- EnglishtodayYamin
Every English word from Proto-Afroasiatic *yamin-
Today it means
name A surname from Arabic.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Afroasiatic *yamin- / Yamin