Where does “inuit” come from?

inuit (Danish) comes from Greenlandic inuit, from Greenlandic inuk, from Proto-Inuit inuɣ, from Proto-Eskimo-Aleut *iŋuɣ.

inuit (Danish): Inuit

Definitions

  1. Inuit

Ancestry of “inuit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greenlandicinuitplural of inuk; people
2Greenlandicinukperson
3Proto-Inuitinuɣman, person
4Proto-Eskimo-Aleut*iŋuɣ—

Words derived from “inuit”

Every word from Proto-Eskimo-Aleut *iŋuɣ →Every word from Proto-Inuit inuɣ →Every word from Greenlandic inuk →