Where does “iñuiññaq” come from?

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

iñuiññaq (Inupiaq): twenty (one score)

Definitions

  1. twenty (one score)

Ancestry of “iñuiññaq”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Inupiaqiñuitpeople
2Inupiaqiñukhuman, person
3Proto-Inuitinuɣman, person
4Proto-Eskimo-Aleut*iŋuɣ

Words derived from “iñuiññaq

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