Where does “illukoq” come from?

illukoq (Greenlandic) comes from Greenlandic illu, from Proto-Inuit ǝɣlu, from Proto-Eskimo ǝŋlu — house.

illukoq (Greenlandic): ruin

Definitions

  1. ruin

Ancestry of “illukoq”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greenlandicilluhouse
2Proto-Inuitǝɣluhouse
3Proto-Eskimoǝŋluhouse
Every word from Proto-Eskimo ǝŋlu →Every word from Proto-Inuit ǝɣlu →Every word from Greenlandic illu →
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