Where does “*ʔani” come from?

*ʔani (Cushitic) comes from Proto-Semitic ʔanāku, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic ˀanāku.

Ancestry of “*ʔani”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-SemiticʔanākuI
2Proto-Afro-Asiaticˀanāku—
Every word from Proto-Afro-Asiatic ˀanāku →Every word from Proto-Semitic ʔanāku →
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