Where does “Inuit” come from?

Inuit (French) comes from Inuktitut ᐃᓄᐃᑦ, from Proto-Inuit inuɣ, from Proto-Eskimo-Aleut *iŋuɣ.

Inuit (French): Inuit (people)

Definitions

  1. Inuit (people)

Ancestry of “Inuit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Inuktitutᐃᓄᐃᑦpeople
2Proto-Inuitinuɣman, person
3Proto-Eskimo-Aleut*iŋuɣ—
Every word from Proto-Eskimo-Aleut *iŋuɣ →Every word from Proto-Inuit inuɣ →Every word from Inuktitut ᐃᓄᐃᑦ →