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Inuitian

Inuitian 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’
EnglishtodayInuitian

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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Proto-Eskimoprehistoric (reconstructed)*iŋuɣreconstructed
Proto-Inuitprehistoric (reconstructed)*inuɣreconstructed
Inuktitutmodernᐃᓄᒃinoitas ᐃᓄᐃᑦ‘the people’
EnglishtodayInuitian

Formed from Inuit + -ian

Proto-Inuit *inuɣ

Inuktitut ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ‘the people’

English Inuit

Every English word from Proto-Eskimo *iŋuɣ

Today it means

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Etymograph / Proto-Eskimo *iŋuɣ / Inuitian

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