Where does “arfersaneq-marluk” come from?

arfersaneq-marluk (Greenlandic) comes from Greenlandic marluk — two.

arfersaneq-marluk (Greenlandic): seventeen

Definitions

  1. seventeen

Ancestry of “arfersaneq-marluk”, step by step

arfersaneq-marluk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Greenlandic marluk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greenlandicmarluktwo

via Greenlandic arfersaneq

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greenlandicarfersaneqused in forming numerals above fifteen
Every word from Greenlandic marluk