Where does “aarluarsuk” come from?

aarluarsuk (Greenlandic) comes from Greenlandic aarluk, from Proto-Eskimo aʁɫuɣ.

aarluarsuk (Greenlandic): dolphin

Definitions

  1. dolphin

Ancestry of “aarluarsuk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GreenlandicaarlukOrcinus orca
2Proto-Eskimoaʁɫuɣ—
Every word from Proto-Eskimo aʁɫuɣ →Every word from Greenlandic aarluk →
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