Where does “Iñupiaq” come from?

Iñupiaq (Inupiaq) comes from Inupiaq iñuk, from Proto-Inuit inuɣ, from Proto-Eskimo-Aleut *iŋuɣ.

Ancestry of “Iñupiaq”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Inupiaqiñukhuman, person
2Proto-Inuitinuɣman, person
3Proto-Eskimo-Aleut*iŋuɣ—
Every word from Proto-Eskimo-Aleut *iŋuɣ →Every word from Proto-Inuit inuɣ →Every word from Inupiaq iñuk →