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Where does “aappaluttoq” come from?

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

aappaluttoq (Greenlandic): red

Definitions

  1. red

Ancestry of “aappaluttoq”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greenlandicaappaluppoqis red
2Greenlandicaakblood
3Proto-Inuita(r)uɣ—
4Proto-Eskimoaruɣ—
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