Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/niḥnu

This Proto-Semitic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Semitic

Etymology

From Proto-Afroasiatic *ʔanḥina/u. Outside of Semitic, the laryngeal may have only survived in Rendille nah', cognate with Somali annaga. Unrelated to Central Atlas Tamazight ⵏⵓⴽⴽⵏⵉ (nukkni) and Egyptian jnn, of which both are later innovations.

Pronoun

*niḥnu

  1. we (first-person plural personal pronoun)

See also

Proto-Semitic independent personal pronouns
1st person 2nd person m 2nd person f 3rd person m 3rd person f
Nominative Singular *ʔanāku *ʔanta *ʔanti *šuʔa *šiʔa
Dual *niḥnu *antumā / *antumay *šumā / *šumay
Plural *ʔantum(ū) *ʔantin(ā) *šum(ū) *šin(ā)
Oblique Singular —
(enclitics used instead) 		*šuʔātī *šiʔātī
Dual *šumātī / *šumāytī
Plural *šumūtī *šinātī

Descendants

  • East Semitic:
    • Akkadian: 𒉌𒄿𒉡 (nīnu)
  • West Semitic:

References

  • Huehnergard, John (2019), “Proto-Semitic”, in Huehnergard, John and Na'ama Pat-El, editors, The Semitic Languages, 2nd edition, Routledge, →ISBN
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