Where does “inuit” come from?

inuit (Greenlandic) comes from Greenlandic inuk, from Proto-Inuit inuɣ, from Proto-Eskimo-Aleut *iŋuɣ.

inuit (Greenlandic): plural of inuk; people

Definitions

  1. plural of inuk; people

Ancestry of “inuit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greenlandicinukperson
2Proto-Inuitinuɣman, person
3Proto-Eskimo-Aleut*iŋuɣ—

Words derived from “inuit”

Every word from Proto-Eskimo-Aleut *iŋuɣ →Every word from Proto-Inuit inuɣ →Every word from Greenlandic inuk →
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