Where does “ⲁⲛⲟⲕ” come from?
ⲁⲛⲟⲕ (Coptic) comes from Demotic jnk, from Egyptian jnk, from Proto-Semitic ʔanāku, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic ˀanāku.
ⲁⲛⲟⲕ (Coptic): I
Ancestry of “ⲁⲛⲟⲕ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Demotic | jnk | I |
| 2 | Egyptian | jnk | I, me |
| 3 | Proto-Semitic | ʔanāku | I |
| 4 | Proto-Afro-Asiatic | ˀanāku | — |