Where does “immussuaq” come from?

immussuaq (Greenlandic) comes from Greenlandic immuk, from Proto-Inuit *ǝmmuɣ, from Proto-Eskimo *ǝmuɣ.

immussuaq (Greenlandic): cheese

Definitions

  1. cheese

Ancestry of “immussuaq”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greenlandicimmukmilk
2Proto-Inuit*ǝmmuɣ—
3Proto-Eskimo*ǝmuɣ—
Every word from Proto-Eskimo *ǝmuɣ →Every word from Proto-Inuit *ǝmmuɣ →Every word from Greenlandic immuk →