Where does “atuarfik” come from?

atuarfik (Greenlandic) comes from Greenlandic atuarpoq, from Proto-Inuit *atuaʁ-, from Proto-Eskimo *atV-.

atuarfik (Greenlandic): school

Definitions

  1. school

Ancestry of “atuarfik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greenlandicatuarpoqreads
2Proto-Inuit*atuaʁ-—
3Proto-Eskimo*atV-—
Every word from Proto-Eskimo *atV- →Every word from Proto-Inuit *atuaʁ- →Every word from Greenlandic atuarpoq →