Where does “angekok” come from?

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

angekok (English): An Eskimo/Inuit sorcerer or shaman

Definitions

  1. An Eskimo/Inuit sorcerer or shaman

Ancestry of “angekok”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishangakokAn Inuit shaman
2Greenlandicangakkoqshaman, angakkuq
Every word from Greenlandic angakkoq →Every word from English angakok →