Reconstruction:Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan/liŋ(liŋ)

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

*liŋ(liŋ)

1. heart

Descendants

• Chukotkan:
  • Chukchi: линлиӈ (linliŋ)
  • Koryak: лиӈлиӈ (liŋliŋ)
  • Kerek: лиӈлиӈ (liŋliŋ)
  • Alutor: лиӈлиӈ (liŋliŋ)
  • → Itelmen: лыӈч (lîŋč)

References

• Fortescue, Michael (2005) Comparative Chukotko-Kamchatkan dictionary (Trends in Linguistic Documentation; 23), Berlin – New York: de Gruyter, →ISBN, pages 159-160.
• Volodin, Aleksandr P. (1989) Cловарь ительменско-русский и русско-ительменский, Leningrad: Prosveshenie, →ISBN, page 48.