FromProto-Somaloid*ʔatin, fromProto-Cushitic*ʔantin. CompareProto-Semitic*ʔantin.
Cognate withJiidduesen,Rendilleatin,Aweeradin,Baisoisin,Daasanachitini,Yaakuatin,Tsamaiatundhe,Oromoisin,Afarisin,Burjiashinu,Iraqwatén?,Blinéntén
idinka (second-person plural personal pronoun)