Where does “qaartartoq” come from?

qaartartoq (Greenlandic) comes from Greenlandic qaarpoq, from Proto-Inuit *qaɣǝʁ-, from Proto-Eskimo *qaɣǝʁ-.

qaartartoq (Greenlandic): bomb; percussion cap

Definitions

  1. bomb; percussion cap

Ancestry of “qaartartoq”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greenlandicqaarpoqexplodes; bursts; breaks
2Proto-Inuit*qaɣǝʁ-—
3Proto-Eskimo*qaɣǝʁ-—
Every word from Proto-Eskimo *qaɣǝʁ- →Every word from Proto-Inuit *qaɣǝʁ- →Every word from Greenlandic qaarpoq →
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