Where does “sisamakipiaq” come from?

sisamakipiaq (Inupiaq) comes from Greenlandic sisamat, from Proto-Inuit *citama-, from Proto-Eskimo *cǝtama-.

sisamakipiaq (Inupiaq): eighty (lit. ‘four score’)

Definitions

  1. eighty (lit. ‘four score’)

Ancestry of “sisamakipiaq”, step by step

sisamakipiaq traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Greenlandic sisamat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greenlandicsisamatfour
2Proto-Inuit*citama-—
3Proto-Eskimo*cǝtama-—

via Inupiaq kipiaq

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Inupiaqkipiaq—

Words derived from “sisamakipiaq”

Every word from Proto-Eskimo *cǝtama- →Every word from Proto-Inuit *citama- →Every word from Greenlandic sisamat →