Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ʔanāku
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This Proto-Semitic 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-Semitic
Etymology
From Proto-Afroasiatic *ˀanāku. Compare Egyptian jnk and Proto-Berber *ənăkkʷ.
Pronoun
*ʔanāku m or f
- I (first-person singular personal pronoun)
See also
Proto-Semitic independent personal pronouns
| 1st person | 2nd person m | 2nd person f | 3rd person m | 3rd person f | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | Singular | *ʔanāku | *ʔanta | *ʔanti | *šuʔa | *šiʔa |
| Dual | *niḥnu | *antumā / *antumay | *šumā / *šumay | |||
| Plural | *ʔantum(ū) | *ʔantin(ā) | *šum(ū) | *šin(ā) | ||
| Oblique | Singular | — (enclitics used instead) |
*šuʔātī | *šiʔātī | ||
| Dual | *šumātī / *šumāytī | |||||
| Plural | *šumūtī | *šinātī | ||||
Reconstruction notes
A reduced form *ʔana appears to have coexisted with *ʔanāku in West Semitic (if not earlier), but most descendants only have a reflex of one of the two forms.
Descendants
- From *ʔanāku:
- East Semitic:
- Akkadian: 𒀀𒈾𒆪 (anāku)
- West Semitic:
- From *ʔana:
- West Semitic:
- Central Semitic:
- Arabic: أَنَا (ʔanā)
- Northwest Semitic:
- Ethiopian Semitic:
- Central Semitic:
References
- Huehnergard, John (2019) “Proto-Semitic”, in Huehnergard, John and Na'ama Pat-El, editors, The Semitic Languages, 2nd edition, Routledge, →ISBN