English
kamik
Kamik comes from Inuktitut ᑲᒥᒃ ‘boot’, and goes back to Proto-Eskimo *kamǝɣ.
- Proto-Eskimoprehistoric (reconstructed)*kamǝɣreconstructed
- Proto-Inuitprehistoric (reconstructed)*kąmǝ̣ɣreconstructed
- Inuktitutmodernᑲᒥᒃ‘boot’
- Englishearliest quotation 1987kamik
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Eskimoprehistoric (reconstructed)*kamǝɣreconstructed
- Proto-Inuitprehistoric (reconstructed)*kąmǝ̣ɣreconstructed
- Inuktitutmodernᑲᒥᒃ‘boot’
- Englishearliest quotation 1987kamik
Earliest quotation: 1987, Jill Elizabeth Oakes, Factors influencing kamik production in Arctic Bay: “Regional differences affect kamik styles.”
Every English word from Proto-Eskimo *kamǝɣ
Today it means
noun A mukluk.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Eskimo *kamǝɣ / kamik