Where does “imaviup kanajua” come from?

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

imaviup kanajua (Greenlandic): Arctic hookear sculpin (Artediellus uncinatus)

Definitions

  1. Arctic hookear sculpin (Artediellus uncinatus)

Ancestry of “imaviup kanajua”, step by step

imaviup kanajua traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Greenlandic imaq

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greenlandicimaqsea, ocean
2Proto-Inuitịmạ-—
3Proto-Eskimoima-—

via Greenlandic kanajoq

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greenlandickanajoqsculpin
Every word from Proto-Eskimo ima- →Every word from Proto-Inuit ịmạ- →Every word from Greenlandic imaq →