Where does “isertarfik” come from?

isertarfik (Greenlandic) comes from Greenlandic iserpoq, from Proto-Inuit *itǝʁ-, from Proto-Eskimo *itǝʁ-.

isertarfik (Greenlandic): entrance

Definitions

  1. entrance

Ancestry of “isertarfik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greenlandiciserpoqenters
2Proto-Inuit*itǝʁ-—
3Proto-Eskimo*itǝʁ-—
Every word from Proto-Eskimo *itǝʁ- →Every word from Proto-Inuit *itǝʁ- →Every word from Greenlandic iserpoq →