Reconstruction:Proto-Eskimo/iʀnəʀ

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

Noun

*iʀnəʀ

1. son

Derived terms

• *iʀni- (“to birth”)

Descendants

• Proto-Yupik: *iʀnəʀ
  • Naukanski: иӷныӄ (irneq)
  • Central Siberian Yupik: иӷныӄ, irneq
• Proto-Inuit: *iʀnəq
  • North Alaskan Inupiatun: iġñiq
  • Inuvialuktun: irniq
    • Inuinnaqtun: irniq
  • Inuktitut: ᐃᕐᓂᖅ (irniq), irniq
  • Inuktun: irniq
  • Greenlandic: erneq, ⇒ erniu (“to be born”)
  • Tunumiisut: erneq

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