Where does “nipilersuut” come from?

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

nipilersuut (Greenlandic): musical instrument

Definitions

  1. musical instrument

Ancestry of “nipilersuut”, 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 →