Reconstruction:Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan/æwæc(u)

This Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan 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-Chukotko-Kamchatkan

Noun

*æwæc(u)

1. salmon

Descendants

• Chukotkan
  • Chukchi: эвэч (eweč)
• Kamchatkan
  • Itelmen: чʼучʼу (čʼučʼu), чʼувай (čʼuvaj)
    • → Russian: чавыча (čavyča)

References

• Fortescue, Michael (2005) Comparative Chukotko-Kamchatkan dictionary (Trends in Linguistic Documentation; 23), Berlin – New York: de Gruyter, →ISBN.