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Where does “pupik” come from?

pupik (Greenlandic) comes from Proto-Inuit *pupiɣ, from Proto-Eskimo *pupiɣ.

pupik (Greenlandic): mushroom, toadstool, fungus

Definitions

  1. mushroom, toadstool, fungus

Ancestry of “pupik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Inuit*pupiɣ—
2Proto-Eskimo*pupiɣ—

Words derived from “pupik”

  • pupissoq
  • pupinneq
  • pupiutaajaat
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