Where does “iñuk” come from?

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

iñuk (Inupiaq): human, person

Definitions

  1. human, person

Ancestry of “iñuk”, step by step

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

Words derived from “iñuk”

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