Where does “inuk” come from?

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

inuk (Greenlandic): person

Definitions

  1. person

Ancestry of “inuk”, step by step

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

Words derived from “inuk”

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