Where does “aaqartarneq” come from?

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

aaqartarneq (Greenlandic): menstruation

Definitions

  1. menstruation

Ancestry of “aaqartarneq”, step by step

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