Where does “ᓄᓕᐊᖅ” come from?

ᓄᓕᐊᖅ (Inuktitut) comes from Proto-Inuit *nuliaʁ, from Proto-Eskimo *nuLiaq.

ᓄᓕᐊᖅ (Inuktitut): wife

Definitions

  1. wife

Ancestry of “ᓄᓕᐊᖅ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Inuit*nuliaʁ—
2Proto-Eskimo*nuLiaq—
Every word from Proto-Eskimo *nuLiaq →Every word from Proto-Inuit *nuliaʁ →