Where does “uit” come from?
uit (Greenlandic) comes from Greenlandic ui, from Proto-Inuit *ụ(v)ǝ̊, from Proto-Eskimo *uɣi.
uit (Greenlandic): plural of ui
Ancestry of “uit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Greenlandic | ui | husband |
| 2 | Proto-Inuit | *ụ(v)ǝ̊ | — |
| 3 | Proto-Eskimo | *uɣi | — |