Reconstruction:Proto-Eskimo/ana(a)na

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 a reduplication of *a(a)na (“grandmother, mother”). Likely cognate to Aleut anax̂ ~ anax (“mother”).

Noun

*ana(a)na

1. older female relative

Descendants

• Proto-Yupik: *anaana
  • Alutiiq: anaana (“maternal aunt”), anaanak, anaanaq
  • Yup'ik: anaana (“maternal aunt, stepmother”)
  • Sirenik: anaana (“maternal aunt”)
  • Central Siberian Yupik: anaana
  • Sirenik: anána
• Proto-Inuit: *anaana
  • Inupiaq:
    • North Alaskan Inupiatun:
      • ⇒ Nunamiut: anaanasruaq (“mother-in-law”)
  • Inuktitut: ᐊᓈᓇ (anaana, “mother”), anaana
    • Inuvialuktun: anaana
      • Siglitun: anaanak
    • Eastern Canadian Inuktitut: ᐊᓈᓇ, anaana
    • Inuktun: anaanak (“grandmother”)
  • Greenlandic: anaana

References

• Fortescue, Michael; Jacobson, Steven; Kaplan, Lawrence (2010). Comparative Eskimo Dictionary with Aleut Cognates. Fairbanks: Alaska Native Language Center.
• Starostin, George (ed.) 2011-2019. The Global Lexicostatistical Database. Moscow: Higher School of Economics, & Santa Fe: Santa Fe Institute. Available online at http://starling.rinet.ru/new100/
• Lorentzen, S. Den grønlandske ordbog, at oqaasileriffik.gl