Where does “arfineq-sisamat” come from?

arfineq-sisamat (Greenlandic) comes from Greenlandic sisamat, from Proto-Inuit *citama-, from Proto-Eskimo *cǝtama-.

arfineq-sisamat (Greenlandic): nine

Definitions

  1. nine

Ancestry of “arfineq-sisamat”, step by step

arfineq-sisamat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Greenlandic sisamat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greenlandicsisamatfour
2Proto-Inuit*citama-—
3Proto-Eskimo*cǝtama-—

via Greenlandic arfineq

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greenlandicarfineqused in forming numerals above five
Every word from Proto-Eskimo *cǝtama- →Every word from Proto-Inuit *citama- →Every word from Greenlandic sisamat →