Where does “inussiaq” come from?

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

inussiaq (Greenlandic): slave

Definitions

  1. slave

Ancestry of “inussiaq”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GreenlandicInukperson
2Greenlandicinukperson
3Proto-Inuitinuɣman, person
4Proto-Eskimo-Aleut*iŋuɣ—
Every word from Proto-Eskimo-Aleut *iŋuɣ →Every word from Proto-Inuit inuɣ →Every word from Greenlandic inuk →