Where does “uumavoq” come from?

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

uumavoq (Greenlandic): be alive

Definitions

  1. be alive

Ancestry of “uumavoq”, step by step

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

Words derived from “uumavoq”

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