English
Inuk
Inuk comes from Inuktitut ᐃᓄᒃ ‘person’, and goes back to Proto-Eskimo *iŋuɣ.
- Proto-Eskimoprehistoric (reconstructed)*iŋuɣreconstructed
- Proto-Inuitprehistoric (reconstructed)*inuɣreconstructed
- Inuktitutmodernᐃᓄᒃ‘person’
- Englishearliest quotation 1975Inuk
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Eskimoprehistoric (reconstructed)*iŋuɣreconstructed
- Proto-Inuitprehistoric (reconstructed)*inuɣreconstructed
- Inuktitutmodernᐃᓄᒃ‘person’
- Englishearliest quotation 1975Inuk
Earliest quotation: 1975, The Musk-ox: “He could be an Inuk, yes, so I could…”
Every English word from Proto-Eskimo *iŋuɣ
Today it means
noun A member of one of the several indigenous peoples from the Arctic who descended from the Thule.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Eskimo *iŋuɣ / Inuk