Reconstruction:Proto-Cushitic/ʔani

This Proto-Cushitic 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-Cushitic

Etymology

According to Blažek, it developed from Proto-Afroasiatic *ʔanī[1], derived from the object *yi (with *ʔan- functioning as a prefix), rather than the more archaic *ʔanʔaku (from *ʔaku), whence Proto-Semitic *ʔanāku, Egyptian jnk, Proto-Berber *năkk.

Pronoun

*ʔani

  1. I (first-person singular personal pronoun)

Derived terms

  • North Cushitic:
    • Beja: áni
  • Central Cushitic:
    • Blin: an
    • Xamtanga: ኣን (an)
    • Awngi: ኣን (an)
  • East Cushitic:
    • Hadiyya: an, ani
    • Saho: anu
    • Afar: anu
    • Oromo: ana
    • Khonso: ana
    • Somali: aniga
    • Jiiddu: ani
    • Rendille: an, ani
    • Baiso: ani, ana, anni
    • Arbore: an
  • Dahalo: anyi
  • South Cushitic:
    • Iraqw: aníng

References

  • Ehret, Christopher (1987), “Proto-Cushitic Reconstruction”, in Sprache und Geschichte in Afrika, volume 8, pages 7–180
  1. ^ Blažek, V. (2019). "Afroasiatic personal pronouns". Diachronic perspectives on suppletion. Hamburg; Baar-Verlag, page 256
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