Where does “eqalussuaq” come from?

eqalussuaq (Greenlandic) comes from Greenlandic eqaluk, from Proto-Inuit ǝqaluɣ, from Proto-Eskimo ǝqaɫuɣ.

eqalussuaq (Greenlandic): shark

Definitions

  1. shark

Ancestry of “eqalussuaq”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greenlandiceqaluktrout
2Proto-Inuitǝqaluɣtrout
3Proto-Eskimoǝqaɫuɣ—

Words derived from “eqalussuaq”

Every word from Proto-Eskimo ǝqaɫuɣ →Every word from Proto-Inuit ǝqaluɣ →Every word from Greenlandic eqaluk →