English
Yup'ik
Yup'ik comes from Yup'ik Yup'ik ‘real person’, and goes back to Proto-Eskimo *iŋuɣpiɣ.
- Proto-Eskimoprehistoric (reconstructed)*iŋuɣpiɣreconstructed
- Yup'ikmodernYup'ik‘real person’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Eskimoprehistoric (reconstructed)*iŋuɣpiɣreconstructed
- Yup'ikmodernYup'ik‘real person’
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from Proto-Eskimo *iŋuɣpiɣ
Today it means
noun A member of an Eskimo people of western and southwestern Alaska.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Eskimo *iŋuɣpiɣ / Yup'ik