Where does “anāku” come from?

anāku (Akkadian) comes from Proto-Semitic ʔanāku, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic ˀanāku.

Ancestry of “anāku”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-SemiticʔanākuI
2Proto-Afro-Asiaticˀanāku
Every word from Proto-Afro-Asiatic ˀanākuEvery word from Proto-Semitic ʔanāku