Where does “aappalik” come from?

aappalik (Greenlandic) comes from Greenlandic aappaq, from Proto-Inuit *aippaʁ, from Proto-Eskimo *ajpǝ-.

aappalik (Greenlandic): married person

Definitions

  1. married person

Ancestry of “aappalik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greenlandicaappaqspouse
2Proto-Inuit*aippaʁ—
3Proto-Eskimo*ajpǝ-—
Every word from Proto-Eskimo *ajpǝ- →Every word from Proto-Inuit *aippaʁ →Every word from Greenlandic aappaq →