Where does “qingaq” come from?

qingaq (Greenlandic) comes from Proto-Inuit *qǝŋa-, from Proto-Eskimo *qǝŋa-.

qingaq (Greenlandic): nose; hole in roof to allow smoke to leave; valve...

Definitions

  1. nose; hole in roof to allow smoke to leave; valve...

Ancestry of “qingaq”, step by step

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

Words derived from “qingaq”

Every word from Proto-Eskimo *qǝŋa- →Every word from Proto-Inuit *qǝŋa- →