Where does “anataxt” come from?

anataxt (Cypriot Arabic) comes from Cypriot Arabic ana, from Arabic أَنَا, from Proto-Semitic ʔanāku, from Proto-Afro-Asiatic ˀanāku.

anataxt (Cypriot Arabic): down here

Definitions

  1. down here

Ancestry of “anataxt”, step by step

anataxt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cypriot Arabic ana

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cypriot ArabicanaI (first-person singular subject pronoun)
2ArabicأَنَاI
3Proto-SemiticʔanākuI
4Proto-Afro-Asiaticˀanāku—

via Cypriot Arabic taxt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cypriot Arabictaxtdown, below
2Arabicتحتbelow; under
3Arabicتَحْتthat which is below; location that is below
Every word from Proto-Afro-Asiatic ˀanāku →Every word from Proto-Semitic ʔanāku →Every word from Arabic أَنَا →