Ultimately of onomatopoeic origin due to the presence of a nasal consonant. *<span class="searchmatch">ʔanp</span>- m nose, nostril the endings -m and -na are dropped in the bound form, which...
etc. East <span class="searchmatch">Semitic</span>: Akkadian: 𒊕𒆠 (pūtum) (vowel shift perhaps under the influence of the labial /p/) → Aramaic: (if not instead from *<span class="searchmatch">ʔanp</span>- (“nose”)...