Where does “cass'aq” come from?
cass'aq (Yup'ik) comes from Russian часы́, from Russian час, from Old East Slavic часъ, from Proto-Slavic časъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic keʔs-, from Proto-Indo-European k(ʷ)eh₁s-.
cass'aq (Yup'ik): clock, watch; hour
Ancestry of “cass'aq”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | часы́ | — |
| 2 | Russian | час | hour, o'clock, time, time of day; hours, o'clock;... |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | часъ | time; hour; happiness, luck |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | časъ | time |
| 5 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | keʔs- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | k(ʷ)eh₁s- | — |