Reconstruction:Proto-Inuit/ǝɣlu

This Proto-Inuit 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-Inuit

Etymology

From Proto-Eskimo *ǝŋlu.

Noun

*ǝɣlu

house

Descendants

Inupiaq:
- Northwest Alaska Inupiatun: iglu
  - Qawiaraq: iglu
- Northern Alaskan Inupiatun:
  - Malimiutun: iglu
  - North Slope: iglu
    - Uummarmiutun: iglu
Inuvialuktun:
- Siglitun: iglu
- Inuinnaqtun: iglu
- Netsilik:
  - Natsilik: iglu
- Kivalliq: iglu
- Aivilik: iglu
- North Baffin: iglu
Inuktitut: ᐃᒡᓗ (iglu, “house, habitation”)
- Qikiqtaaluk nigiani: ᐃᓪᓗ (illu)
- Nunavimmiutitut: illu
- Nunatsiavummiut: illuk
- Inuktun: iglu
Greenlandic: illu (“house”)
- → Danish: iglo (“igloo”)
Tunumiit: ittiq

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