Where does “ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᑦ” come from?

ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᑦ (Inuktitut) comes from Inuktitut ᐃᓄᐃᑦ, from Proto-Inuit inuɣ, from Proto-Eskimo-Aleut *iŋuɣ.

ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᑦ (Inuktitut): Inuit Nunangat

Definitions

  1. Inuit Nunangat

Ancestry of “ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᑦ”, step by step

ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᑦ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Inuktitut ᐃᓄᐃᑦ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Inuktitutᐃᓄᐃᑦpeople
2Proto-Inuitinuɣman, person
3Proto-Eskimo-Aleut*iŋuɣ—

via Inuktitut ᓄᓇᖓᑦ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Inuktitutᓄᓇᖓᑦtheir land, country (including land, water, and ice)
Every word from Proto-Eskimo-Aleut *iŋuɣ →Every word from Proto-Inuit inuɣ →Every word from Inuktitut ᐃᓄᐃᑦ →