Where does “uumassuseq” come from?

uumassuseq (Greenlandic) comes from Greenlandic uumavoq, from Proto-Inuit *uuma-, from Proto-Eskimo uŋ-uma- — alive, heart.

uumassuseq (Greenlandic): the quality of being alive

Definitions

  1. the quality of being alive

Ancestry of “uumassuseq”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greenlandicuumavoqbe alive
2Proto-Inuit*uuma-—
3Proto-Eskimouŋ-uma-alive, heart

Words derived from “uumassuseq”

Every word from Proto-Eskimo uŋ-uma- →Every word from Proto-Inuit *uuma- →Every word from Greenlandic uumavoq →