Where does “*ma?-/*miʔ-” come from?

*ma?-/*miʔ- (Proto-Cushitic) comes from Proto-Afroasiatic maʔ- — water.

Ancestry of “*ma?-/*miʔ-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Afroasiaticmaʔ-water
Every word from Proto-Afroasiatic maʔ-