Where does “ivigaq eqimattaq” come from?

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

ivigaq eqimattaq (Greenlandic): alpine fescue (Festuca brachyphylla)

Definitions

  1. alpine fescue (Festuca brachyphylla)

Ancestry of “ivigaq eqimattaq”, step by step

ivigaq eqimattaq traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Greenlandic ivigaq

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greenlandicivigaqgrass, fine grass

via Greenlandic eqimattat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greenlandiceqimattat
Every word from Greenlandic ivigaq