Where does “millivaa” come from?

millivaa (Greenlandic) comes from Greenlandic mikivoq, from Proto-Inuit *mǝkǝ-, from Proto-Eskimo *mikǝ-.

millivaa (Greenlandic): make smaller

Definitions

  1. make smaller

Ancestry of “millivaa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greenlandicmikivoqbe small
2Proto-Inuit*mǝkǝ-—
3Proto-Eskimo*mikǝ-—
Every word from Proto-Eskimo *mikǝ- →Every word from Proto-Inuit *mǝkǝ- →Every word from Greenlandic mikivoq →
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