Where does “aaqanngitsoq” come from?

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

aaqanngitsoq (Greenlandic): sleeveless garment (such as a waistcoat, life jacket or vest)

Definitions

  1. sleeveless garment (such as a waistcoat, life jacket or vest)

Ancestry of “aaqanngitsoq”, step by step

aaqanngitsoq traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Greenlandic aak

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

via Greenlandic aaq

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greenlandicaaqsleeve
Every word from Proto-Eskimo aruɣ →Every word from Proto-Inuit a(r)uɣ →Every word from Greenlandic aak →