Where does “Paneeraq” come from?
Paneeraq (Greenlandic) comes from Greenlandic panik, from Proto-Inuit *paniɣ, from Proto-Eskimo *paniɣ.
Ancestry of “Paneeraq”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Greenlandic | panik | daughter |
| 2 | Proto-Inuit | *paniɣ | — |
| 3 | Proto-Eskimo | *paniɣ | — |