Where does “inuuneq” come from?

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

inuuneq (Greenlandic): life, existence

Definitions

  1. life, existence

Ancestry of “inuuneq”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greenlandicinuuvoqbe alive, live
2GreenlandicInukperson
3Greenlandicinukperson
4Proto-Inuitinuɣman, person
5Proto-Eskimo-Aleut*iŋuɣ—
Every word from Proto-Eskimo-Aleut *iŋuɣ →Every word from Proto-Inuit inuɣ →Every word from Greenlandic inuk →