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
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