Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/yamīn-

This Proto-Semitic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Semitic

Etymology

From Proto-Afro-Asiatic *yamin- (“right hand”). Cognate with Egyptian jmn (“right, west”).

Noun

*yamīn-

Descendants

Akkadian: 𒍠 (imnu [ZAG])
Amharic: የማን (yäman)
Arabic: يَمِينٌ‎ (yamīn)
- Maltese: lemin
Aramaic:
- Hebrew: יַמִּינָא‎ (yammīnā)
- Syriac: ܝܡܝܢܐ‎ (yammīnā)
Hebrew: יָמִין‎ (yāmîn)
Old South Arabian: 𐩺𐩣𐩬‎ (ymn)
Ugaritic: 𐎊𐎎𐎐 (ymn)

Onomastics and borrowed terms

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