Where does “orpimmiutaq qaqorneq” come from?

orpimmiutaq qaqorneq (Greenlandic) comes from Greenlandic qaqortoq, from Greenlandic qaqorpoq, from Proto-Inuit *qaku-ʁ-, from Proto-Eskimo *qakǝru-.

orpimmiutaq qaqorneq (Greenlandic): Arctic redpoll (Acanthis hornemanni)

Definitions

  1. Arctic redpoll (Acanthis hornemanni)

Ancestry of “orpimmiutaq qaqorneq”, step by step

orpimmiutaq qaqorneq traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Greenlandic qaqortoq

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greenlandicqaqortoqwhite
2Greenlandicqaqorpoqbe white
3Proto-Inuit*qaku-ʁ-—
4Proto-Eskimo*qakǝru-—

via Greenlandic orpimmiutaq

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greenlandicorpimmiutaqredpoll (Acanthis spp.)
2Greenlandicorpiktree; birch
3Proto-Eskimouqviɣwillow, shrub, tree
Every word from Proto-Eskimo *qakǝru- →Every word from Proto-Inuit *qaku-ʁ- →Every word from Greenlandic qaqorpoq →