English
Yemen
Yemen comes from Ottoman Turkish یمن, from Proto-Semitic *yamīn- ‘right’, and ultimately from Proto-Afroasiatic *yamin-.
- Proto-Afroasiaticprehistoric (reconstructed)*yamin-‘right hand’reconstructed
- Proto-Semiticc. 4000–3000 BCE*yamīn-‘right’reconstructed
- Arabicc. 500–presentاَلْيَمَنal-yaman
- Ottoman Turkishc. 1300–1928یمنyemen
- Englishearliest quotation 2012Yemen
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Afroasiaticprehistoric (reconstructed)*yamin-‘right hand’reconstructed
- Proto-Semiticc. 4000–3000 BCE*yamīn-‘right’reconstructed
- Arabicc. 500–presentاَلْيَمَنal-yaman
- Ottoman Turkishc. 1300–1928یمنyemen
- Englishearliest quotation 2012Yemen
Earliest quotation: 2012, Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, Al-Qaida's wretched utopia and the battle for hearts and min: “Unlike in Somalia, Iraq and Afghanistan, in Yemen they…”
Every English word from Proto-Afroasiatic *yamin-
Today it means
name A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Republic of Yemen. Capital: Sanaa.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Afroasiatic *yamin- / Yemen