Where does “Inuit” come from?

Inuit comes from Inuktitut ᐃᓄᒃ, from Proto-Inuit inuɣ, from Proto-Eskimo ińuɣ, ultimately meaning "person" or "people."

Inuit (English): A member of any of several Aboriginal peoples of...

Definitions

  1. A member of any of several Aboriginal peoples of...

Ancestry of “Inuit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Inuktitutᐃᓄᐃᑦpeople
2Proto-Inuitinuɣman, person
3Proto-Eskimo-Aleut*iŋuɣ—

Words derived from “Inuit”

Every word from Proto-Eskimo-Aleut *iŋuɣ →Every word from Proto-Inuit inuɣ →Every word from Inuktitut ᐃᓄᐃᑦ →