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.