Where does “orpik manngertoq” come from?

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

orpik manngertoq (Greenlandic): oak tree

Definitions

  1. oak tree

Ancestry of “orpik manngertoq”, step by step

orpik manngertoq traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Greenlandic orpik

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greenlandicorpiktree; birch
2Proto-Eskimouqviɣwillow, shrub, tree

via Greenlandic manngertoq

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greenlandicmanngertoq—
Every word from Proto-Eskimo uqviɣ →Every word from Greenlandic orpik →