Reconstruction:Proto-Afroasiatic/ʔanāku

This Proto-Afroasiatic entry contains reconstructed terms 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-Afroasiatic

Pronoun

*ˀanāku

I (first-person singular personal pronoun)

Descendants

Proto-Berber: *ənăkkʷ
- Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵏⴽⴽ (nkk)
- Kabyle: nekk
- Tarifit: nešš, nəšš
Proto-Chadic:
- Hausa: ni
- Kujarge: annu
- Polci: am
- Mangas: am
- Miship: an
- Beele: ehina
- Bole: ínáː
- Deno: nɑː̄
- Gera: nǎ
Proto-Cushitic: *ʔani
- Somali: aniga
- Oromo: ana
- Afar: anu
- Iraqw: aníng
- Xamtanga: [script needed] (ŋäŋ)
- Awngi: [script needed] (ŋi)
- Blin: ni
- Qimant: ni
Egyptian: jnk
- Demotic: jnk
  - Akhmimic Coptic: ⲁⲛⲁⲕ (anak)
  - Bohairic Coptic: ⲁⲛⲟⲕ (anok)
  - Fayyumic Coptic: ⲁⲛⲁⲕ (anak)
  - Old Coptic: ⲁⲛⲟⲕ (anok)
  - Sahidic Coptic: ⲁⲛⲟⲕ (anok)
Proto-Semitic: *ʔanāku (see there for further descendants)