Where does “qaartartoq” come from?
qaartartoq (Greenlandic) comes from Greenlandic qaarpoq, from Proto-Inuit *qaɣǝʁ-, from Proto-Eskimo *qaɣǝʁ-.
qaartartoq (Greenlandic): bomb; percussion cap
Ancestry of “qaartartoq”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Greenlandic | qaarpoq | explodes; bursts; breaks |
| 2 | Proto-Inuit | *qaɣǝʁ- | — |
| 3 | Proto-Eskimo | *qaɣǝʁ- | — |