Where does “sisamat” come from?

sisamat (Greenlandic) comes from Proto-Inuit *citama-, from Proto-Eskimo *cǝtama-.

sisamat (Greenlandic): four

Definitions

  1. four

Ancestry of “sisamat”, step by step

sisamat traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Inuit *citama-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Inuit*citama-—
2Proto-Eskimo*cǝtama-—

via Inupiaq t

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Inupiaqt—

via Inupiaq sisamaq

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Inupiaqsisamaqthe singular (attributive) form of sisamat 'four'

Words derived from “sisamat”

Every word from Proto-Eskimo *cǝtama- →Every word from Proto-Inuit *citama- →