Where does “tuttuvak” come from?

tuttuvak (Inupiaq) comes from Finnish tuttu, from Proto-Inuit *tuktu, from Proto-Eskimo *tuŋtu.

tuttuvak (Inupiaq): moose

Definitions

  1. moose

Ancestry of “tuttuvak”, step by step

tuttuvak traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tuttu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtuttufamiliar, conversant; Synonym of tuttava
2Proto-Inuit*tuktu—
3Proto-Eskimo*tuŋtu—

via Inupiaq vak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Inupiaqvak—
Every word from Proto-Eskimo *tuŋtu →Every word from Proto-Inuit *tuktu →Every word from Finnish tuttu →