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Where does “orpik” come from?

orpik (Greenlandic) comes from Proto-Eskimo uqviɣ — willow, shrub, tree.

orpik (Greenlandic): tree; birch

Definitions

  1. tree; birch

Ancestry of “orpik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Eskimouqviɣwillow, shrub, tree

Words derived from “orpik”

  • orpiliaq
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