Where does “assak” come from?

assak (Greenlandic) comes from Proto-Inuit ạrɣąɣ, from Proto-Eskimo arɣa.

assak (Greenlandic): hand

Definitions

  1. hand

Ancestry of “assak”, step by step

assak traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Inuit ạrɣąɣ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Inuitạrɣąɣhand
2Proto-Eskimoarɣa

via Hungarian ás

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianásto dig
Every word from Proto-Eskimo arɣaEvery word from Proto-Inuit ạrɣąɣ