Where does “inuuvoq” come from?

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

inuuvoq (Greenlandic): be alive, live

Definitions

  1. be alive, live

Ancestry of “inuuvoq”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GreenlandicInukperson
2Greenlandicinukperson
3Proto-Inuitinuɣman, person
4Proto-Eskimo-Aleut*iŋuɣ—

Words derived from “inuuvoq”

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