Where does “aappariit” come from?

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

aappariit (Greenlandic): couple, pair, spouses

Definitions

  1. couple, pair, spouses

Ancestry of “aappariit”, 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 →