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

  1. airport; heliport; runway

Ancestry of “mittarfik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greenlandicmippoqlands
2Proto-Inuit*miɣ-—
3Proto-Eskimo*mir-—
Every word from Proto-Eskimo *mir- →Every word from Proto-Inuit *miɣ- →Every word from Greenlandic mippoq →