Where does “iñuiññaġutaiḷaq” come from?

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

iñuiññaġutaiḷaq (Inupiaq): nineteen (lit. ‘one short of a score’)

Definitions

  1. nineteen (lit. ‘one short of a score’)

Ancestry of “iñuiññaġutaiḷaq”, step by step

iñuiññaġutaiḷaq traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Inupiaq iñuiññaq

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Inupiaqiñuiññaqtwenty (one score)
2Inupiaqiñuitpeople
3Inupiaqiñukhuman, person
4Proto-Inuitinuɣman, person
5Proto-Eskimo-Aleut*iŋuɣ

via Inupiaq utaiḷaq

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Inupiaqutaiḷaq
Every word from Proto-Eskimo-Aleut *iŋuɣEvery word from Proto-Inuit inuɣEvery word from Inupiaq iñuk