Where does “umiarsuaq” come from?

umiarsuaq (Greenlandic) comes from Greenlandic umiaq, from Proto-Inuit *umia-, from Proto-Eskimo *umi(r)a-.

umiarsuaq (Greenlandic): ship

Definitions

  1. ship

Ancestry of “umiarsuaq”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greenlandicumiaqa woman's boat
2Proto-Inuit*umia-
3Proto-Eskimo*umi(r)a-

Words derived from “umiarsuaq

Every word from Proto-Eskimo *umi(r)a-Every word from Proto-Inuit *umia-Every word from Greenlandic umiaq