Where does “aappalaartoq” come from?

aappalaartoq (Greenlandic) comes from Greenlandic aappalaarpoq, from Greenlandic aak, from Proto-Inuit a(r)uɣ, from Proto-Eskimo aruɣ.

aappalaartoq (Greenlandic): red; flag; Dannebrog

Definitions

  1. red; flag; Dannebrog

Ancestry of “aappalaartoq”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greenlandicaappalaarpoqis a blood red colour
2Greenlandicaakblood
3Proto-Inuita(r)uɣ—
4Proto-Eskimoaruɣ—
Every word from Proto-Eskimo aruɣ →Every word from Proto-Inuit a(r)uɣ →Every word from Greenlandic aak →