Where does “kukik” come from?

kukik (Greenlandic) comes from Proto-Inuit *kukiɣ, from Proto-Eskimo *kukǝɣ.

kukik (Greenlandic): claw, nail, hoof

Definitions

  1. claw, nail, hoof

Ancestry of “kukik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Inuit*kukiɣ—
2Proto-Eskimo*kukǝɣ—

Words derived from “kukik”

Every word from Proto-Eskimo *kukǝɣ →Every word from Proto-Inuit *kukiɣ →