Where does “mittarfik” come from?
mittarfik (Greenlandic) comes from Greenlandic mippoq, from Proto-Inuit *miɣ-, from Proto-Eskimo *mir-.
mittarfik (Greenlandic): airport; heliport; runway
Definitions
- airport; heliport; runway
Ancestry of “mittarfik”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Greenlandic | mippoq | lands |
| 2 | Proto-Inuit | *miɣ- | — |
| 3 | Proto-Eskimo | *mir- | — |