Reconstruction:Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan/æwæc(u)

This Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan 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-Chukotko-Kamchatkan

Noun

*æwæc(u)

salmon

Descendants

Chukotkan
- Chukchi: эвэч (eweč)
Kamchatkan
- Itelmen: чʼучʼу (čʼučʼu), чʼувай (čʼuvaj)
  - → Russian: чавыча (čavyča)

References

Fortescue, Michael (2005) Comparative Chukotko-Kamchatkan dictionary (Trends in Linguistic Documentation; 23), Berlin – New York: de Gruyter, →ISBN.

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