Where does “iglu” come from?

iglu (Finnish) comes from Inuktitut ᐃᒡᓗ, from Proto-Inuit ǝɣlu, from Proto-Eskimo ǝŋlu — house.

iglu (Finnish): igloo

Definitions

  1. igloo

Ancestry of “iglu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Inuktitutᐃᒡᓗhouse, habitation
2Proto-Inuitǝɣluhouse
3Proto-Eskimoǝŋluhouse
Every word from Proto-Eskimo ǝŋlu →Every word from Proto-Inuit ǝɣlu →Every word from Inuktitut ᐃᒡᓗ →