Where does “Aviaq” come from?

Aviaq (Greenlandic) comes from Greenlandic avik, from Greenlandic aak, from Proto-Inuit a(r)uɣ, from Proto-Eskimo aruɣ.

Ancestry of “Aviaq”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greenlandicavikpart
2Greenlandicaakblood
3Proto-Inuita(r)uɣ—
4Proto-Eskimoaruɣ—
Every word from Proto-Eskimo aruɣ →Every word from Proto-Inuit a(r)uɣ →Every word from Greenlandic aak →