Where does “angakok” come from?

angakok (Danish) comes from Greenlandic angakkoq — shaman, angakkuq.

angakok (Danish): angakok

Definitions

  1. angakok

Ancestry of “angakok”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greenlandicangakkoqshaman, angakkuq
Every word from Greenlandic angakkoq