Where does “imaq” come from?

imaq (Greenlandic) comes from Proto-Inuit ịmạ-, from Proto-Eskimo ima-.

imaq (Greenlandic): sea, ocean

Definitions

  1. sea, ocean

Ancestry of “imaq”, step by step

imaq traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Inuit ịmạ-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Inuitịmạ-—
2Proto-Eskimoima-—

via Proto-Inuit *ima

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Inuit*ima—
2Proto-Eskimo*imV—

Words derived from “imaq”

Every word from Proto-Eskimo ima- →Every word from Proto-Inuit ịmạ- →