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Afroasiatic etymology :

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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *nVs-
Meaning: man
Semitic: *(ʔi-)nVš- 'man'
Berber: *ʔinVs- 'young man'
Egyptian: nswy.w 'servants' (MK)
Western Chadic: *nu/is- 'brother'
Central Cushitic (Agaw): *nasiy- 'male'
Omotic: *nuš- 'husband'
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Semitic etymology :

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Proto-Semitic: *(ʔi-)nVš-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'man'
Akkadian: nišū 'mankind, people' from OAkk. on, Akkadogram in Hitt. (CAD NII, 283; AHw, 796)
Ugaritic: ʔinš 'people' (DUL, 84), ʔinšt 'relatives' (DUL, 84), nšm 'people, men' (DUL, 649)
Hebrew: ʔä̆nōš 'die Menschen' (KB deutsch 68), pB. ʔä̆nōš 'man' (Ja, 82)
Aramaic: Samal, DA, OffAr, OAram, Palm, Nab, Hatra ʔnš 'man, person' (HJ, 84); Sam ʔnš 'man' (Tal, 52)
Biblical Aramaic: ʔä̆nāš 'Menschen' (KB deutsch, 1670)
Judaic Aramaic: ʔä̆nāš, ʔīnšā, ʔēnāš, ʔēnāšā, ʔīnīš, ʔä̆naš 'being, human being' (Ja, 53), ʔĕnāš 'person, one' (Sokoloff, 66); ʔnš 'man, person' (HJ, 84)
Syrian Aramaic: ʔanāšā 'homo' (Brock, 31)
Modern Aramaic: nâshâ 'man' (Maclean, 16)
Mandaic Aramaic: ʔanaša, naša 'human being' (DM, 24)
Arabic: ʔins-ān- 'Homme' (BK 1, 61), ʔins- 'Genre humain, hommes' (BK 1, 61), nās- 'coll. Hommes, gens' (BK 2, 1366)
Epigraphic South Arabian: Sab. ʔns1 'man; male' (SD, 6); Min. ʔns1 'personne de sexe masculin' (LM, 6); Qat. ʔns1 'person; someoone, one, each' (Ricks, 13)
Tigre: ʔǝnās 'man' (LH, 371)
Harari: insi 'human' (LHar, 29) < Arb
Mehri: ʔans 'human being', ʔǝnsáy, ʔǝnsáyyǝt / ʔǝnsōy, ʔǝnsáytǝn 'human' (JM, 6) < Arb
Jibbali: ʔɛnsí / ʔɛnsɔ́ʔ 'human, not jinn' (JJ, 4) < Arb
Soqotri: ʔinsíyye 'humain' (LS, 68)
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Berber etymology :

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Proto-Berber: *ʔinVs-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'young man'
Ahaggar (Tahaggart): a-ynǝs
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Egyptian etymology :

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Old Egyptian: nswy.w (MK)
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'servants'
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West Chadic etymology :

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Proto-WChadic: *nu/is-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'brother'
Bokos: nús [JR]
Daffo-Butura: nís [JR]
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Central Cushitic (Agaw) etymology :

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Proto-Agaw: *nasiy-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'male'
Qemant: näsiyä
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Omotic etymology :

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Proto-Omotic: *nuš-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'husband'
Nao: nuuše
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