Where does “arfersaneq-pingasut” come from?

arfersaneq-pingasut (Greenlandic) comes from Greenlandic pingasut, from Proto-Inuit *piŋaju-, from Proto-Eskimo *piŋa-ju-.

arfersaneq-pingasut (Greenlandic): eighteen

Definitions

  1. eighteen

Ancestry of “arfersaneq-pingasut”, step by step

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

via Greenlandic pingasut

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greenlandicpingasutthree
2Proto-Inuit*piŋaju-—
3Proto-Eskimo*piŋa-ju-—

via Greenlandic arfersaneq

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greenlandicarfersaneqused in forming numerals above fifteen
Every word from Proto-Eskimo *piŋa-ju- →Every word from Proto-Inuit *piŋaju- →Every word from Greenlandic pingasut →