Reconstruction:Proto-Inuit/inuɣ

This Proto-Inuit entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Inuit

Etymology

From Proto-Eskimo *iŋuɣ (“human being”).

Noun

*inuɣ

person

Derived terms

*inuaq-
*inuilaq
*inukšuk
*inuqun
*inuusuk-
*inuɣaqutlək

Descendants

Inupiaq:
- Northwest Alaskan Inupiatun: inuk
- North Alaskan Inupiatun: iñuk
Inuvialuktun: inuk
Inuktitut: ᐃᓄᒃ (inuk), ᐃᓄᖅ (inuq)
Inuktun: inuk
Greenlandic: inuk
Tunumiisut: iik

References

Fortescue, Michael, Jacobson, Steven, Kaplan, Lawrence (2010) Comparative Eskimo Dictionary with Aleut Cognates, 2nd edition, Fairbanks: Alaska Native Language Center: University of Alaska Fairbanks, →ISBN

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