English
Innuitian
Innuitian comes from Inuktitut ᐃᓄᒃ ‘the people’, and goes back to Proto-Eskimo *iŋuɣ.
- Proto-Eskimoprehistoric (reconstructed)*iŋuɣreconstructed
- Proto-Inuitprehistoric (reconstructed)*inuɣreconstructed
- Inuktitutmodernᐃᓄᒃinoitas ᐃᓄᐃᑦ‘the people’
- EnglishtodayInnuitian
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Eskimoprehistoric (reconstructed)*iŋuɣreconstructed
- Proto-Inuitprehistoric (reconstructed)*inuɣreconstructed
- Inuktitutmodernᐃᓄᒃinoitas ᐃᓄᐃᑦ‘the people’
- EnglishtodayInnuitian
Formed from Innuit + -ian
Every English word from Proto-Eskimo *iŋuɣ
Today it means
adj Synonym of Inuit. Pertaining to the Inuit.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Eskimo *iŋuɣ / Innuitian