Where does “ivigaq aappaluartoq” come from?

ivigaq aappaluartoq (Greenlandic) comes from Greenlandic ivigaq — grass, fine grass.

ivigaq aappaluartoq (Greenlandic): red fescue (Festuca rubra)

Definitions

  1. red fescue (Festuca rubra)

Ancestry of “ivigaq aappaluartoq”, step by step

ivigaq aappaluartoq traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Greenlandic ivigaq

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greenlandicivigaqgrass, fine grass

via Greenlandic aappaluarpoq

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greenlandicaappaluarpoqhas a reddish tinge
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