Reconstruction:Proto-Eskimo/anəŋaʀ

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

Compare Proto-Inuit *anə (“older brother of a woman”) and Proto-Eskimo *an(ə)ɣaʀ(aʀ) (“nephew or niece (of a woman)”).

Noun

*anəŋaʀ

1. older brother (of a woman)

Descendants

• Proto-Yupik: *anəŋaʀ
  • Alutiiq: anngaq
    • Koniag: aningaaq
    • Prince William Sound: aningaaq
  • Yup'ik: anngaq
    • Norton Sound Unaliq: anengaq
  • Naukanski: аныӈаӄ (anəŋaq)
  • Central Siberian Yupik: аныӈаӄ, anengaq
• Proto-Inuit: *anəŋaq (“older brother, moon”)
  • Inupiaq:
    • North Alaskan Inupiatun: aniŋa (“older brother”), aniŋak
  • Inuktitut: ᐊᓂᖔᖅ (“moon”)
    • Inuvialuktun: aningaaq
    • Eastern Canadian Inuktitut:
      • Iglulik: ᐊᓂᖔᑦ (“moon”)
    • Inuktun: aningaaq (“moon, month”)
  • Greenlandic: aningaaq (“moon”)
  • Tunumiisut: aningaaq (“moon, month”)

References

• Fortescue, Michael, Jacobson, Steven, Kaplan, Lawrence (2010) Comparative Eskimo Dictionary with Aleut Cognates, 2nd edition, Fairbanks: Alaska Native Language Center: University of Alaska Fairbanks, →ISBN