Where does “naassuseq” come from?

naassuseq (Greenlandic) comes from Greenlandic naappoq, from Proto-Inuit *nait-, from Proto-Eskimo *Naŋit-.

naassuseq (Greenlandic): shortness, quality of being short

Definitions

  1. shortness, quality of being short

Ancestry of “naassuseq”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greenlandicnaappoqis short
2Proto-Inuit*nait-—
3Proto-Eskimo*Naŋit-—
Every word from Proto-Eskimo *Naŋit- →Every word from Proto-Inuit *nait- →Every word from Greenlandic naappoq →