Where does “panaasalik” come from?

panaasalik (Greenlandic) comes from Greenlandic pana, from Proto-Inuit *pana, from Proto-Eskimo *pana.

panaasalik (Greenlandic): swordfish

Definitions

  1. swordfish

Ancestry of “panaasalik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greenlandicpanasword, snow knife
2Proto-Inuit*pana—
3Proto-Eskimo*pana—
Every word from Proto-Eskimo *pana →Every word from Proto-Inuit *pana →Every word from Greenlandic pana →