Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ʔanāku
Proto-Semitic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Afroasiatic *ˀanāku. Compare Egyptian jnk and Proto-Berber *ənăkkʷ.
Pronoun
edit*ʔanāku m or f
- I (first-person singular personal pronoun)
See also
editProto-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
editA 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
edit- 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
edit- Huehnergard, John (2019) “Proto-Semitic”, in Huehnergard, John and Na'ama Pat-El, editors, The Semitic Languages, 2nd edition, Routledge, →ISBN