Reconstruction:Proto-Inuit/ǝɣlu

This Proto-Inuit 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-Inuit

Etymology

From Proto-Eskimo *ǝŋlu.

Noun

*ǝɣlu

1. house

Descendants

• Inupiaq: iglu
• Inuktitut: ᐃᒡᓗ (iclo, “house, habitation”)
  • → English: igloo, iglu
    • → Italian: iglù
    • → Thai: อิกลู (ìk-luu)
  • Inuvialuktun: iglu
    • Inuinnaqtun: iglu
  • Eastern Canadian Inuktitut: ᐃᓪᓗ, illu
    • Qikiqtaaluk nigiani: ᐃᓪᓗ (illo)
    • Nunavimmiutitut: illu
    • Nunatsiavummiut: illuk
  • Inuktun: iglu
• Greenlandic: illu (“house”)
  • → Danish: iglo (“igloo”)
• Tunumiisut: ittiq

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, page 123