Where does “iñuit” come from?

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

iñuit (Inupiaq): people

Definitions

  1. people

Ancestry of “iñuit”, step by step

iñuit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Inupiaq iñuk

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

via Inupiaq t

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Inupiaqt—

Words derived from “iñuit”

Every word from Proto-Eskimo-Aleut *iŋuɣ →Every word from Proto-Inuit inuɣ →Every word from Inupiaq iñuk →