Where does “orpiliaq” come from?

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

orpiliaq (Greenlandic): Christmas tree

Definitions

  1. Christmas tree

Ancestry of “orpiliaq”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greenlandicorpiktree; birch
2Proto-Eskimouqviɣwillow, shrub, tree
Every word from Proto-Eskimo uqviɣ →Every word from Greenlandic orpik →