Reconstruction:Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan/wala

This Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan entry contains reconstructed words 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-Chukotko-Kamchatkan

Etymology

Fortescue (1998: 137) compares this root with Proto-Eskimo-Aleut *ulu(ʀ) (“semi-lunar knife”).

Noun

*wala

knife

Descendants

Chukotkan
- Chukchi: валы (walə)
- Koryak: вала (wala)
- Kerek: вала (wala)
- Alutor: вала (wala)
Kamchatkan
- Itelmen: фаԓч (ɸaɬč)

References

Fortescue, Michael. 2005. Comparative Chukotko-Kamchatkan dictionary. (Trends in Linguistic Documentation 23.) Berlin – New York: de Gruyter. →ISBN
Fortescue, Michael (1998) Language Relations across Bering Strait: Reappraising the Archeological and Linguistic Evidence, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN

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