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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—
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