Where does “orpippassuit” come from?

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

orpippassuit (Greenlandic): forest

Definitions

  1. forest

Ancestry of “orpippassuit”, step by step

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