Where does “apusineq” come from?
apusineq (Greenlandic) comes from Greenlandic aput, from Proto-Inuit ạp-unt, from Proto-Eskimo apǝ.
apusineq (Greenlandic): snowdrift
Ancestry of “apusineq”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Greenlandic | aput | snow |
| 2 | Proto-Inuit | ạp-unt | snow |
| 3 | Proto-Eskimo | apǝ | — |