Where does “panaanneq” come from?

panaanneq (Greenlandic) comes from Greenlandic pana, from Proto-Inuit *pana, from Proto-Eskimo *pana.

panaanneq (Greenlandic): fencing, swordfighting

Definitions

  1. fencing, swordfighting

Ancestry of “panaanneq”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greenlandicpanasword, snow knife
2Proto-Inuit*pana—
3Proto-Eskimo*pana—
Every word from Proto-Eskimo *pana →Every word from Proto-Inuit *pana →Every word from Greenlandic pana →