Reconstruction:Proto-Eskimo/ayvǝʀ

This Proto-Eskimo 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-Eskimo

Etymology

Possibly linked with *ayaɣ- (“to push or thrust with a pole”).

Noun

*ayvǝʀ

  1. walrus

Descendants

  • Proto-Yupik: *ayvǝʀ
    • Alutiiq: ajjuq, asweq, asxuq
    • Yup'ik: asveq
    • Naukanski: ayvəq
    • Central Siberian Yupik: ayvəq
    • Sirenik: ayvəχ
  • Proto-Inuit: *ayvǝq
    • Inupiaq: aiviq
    • Inuktitut: ᐁᕕᖅ (efiq), aiviq
    • Greenlandic: aaveq
    • Tunumiisut: aaveq
    • ⇒ Proto-Inuit: *aivvak- (“to catch a walrus”) (see there for more)

References

  • Fortescue, Michael; Jacobson, Steven; Kaplan, Lawrence (2010). Comparative Eskimo Dictionary with Aleut Cognates. Fairbanks: Alaska Native Language Center.
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