Where does “nipilersortartoq” come from?

nipilersortartoq (Greenlandic) comes from Greenlandic nipilersorpoq, from Greenlandic -lersor, from Greenlandic -tor — [verb]s bit by bit, continuously.

nipilersortartoq (Greenlandic): musician

Definitions

  1. musician

Ancestry of “nipilersortartoq”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greenlandicnipilersorpoqplays
2Greenlandic-lersorprovides with
3Greenlandic-tor[verb]s bit by bit, continuously
Every word from Greenlandic -tor →Every word from Greenlandic -lersor →Every word from Greenlandic nipilersorpoq →