Where does “baaja” come from?
baaja (Greenlandic) comes from Danish bajer, from Danish bajrer, from Medieval Latin Bajuvarius.
baaja (Greenlandic): beer
Ancestry of “baaja”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Danish | bajer | beer |
| 2 | Danish | bajrer | Bavarian; some sort of Bavarian-style beer |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | Bajuvarius | — |