Where does “orpik meqqutaasalik” come from?

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

orpik meqqutaasalik (Greenlandic): conifer

Definitions

  1. conifer

Ancestry of “orpik meqqutaasalik”, step by step

orpik meqqutaasalik traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Greenlandic orpik

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

via Greenlandic meqqutaasarpoq

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greenlandicmeqqutaasarpoq
Every word from Proto-Eskimo uqviɣEvery word from Greenlandic orpik