Where does “Inuk” come from?

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

Inuk (Greenlandic): person

Definitions

  1. person

Ancestry of “Inuk”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Inuk”

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