Where does “qaqortoq” come from?

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

qaqortoq (Greenlandic): white

Definitions

  1. white

Ancestry of “qaqortoq”, step by step

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

Words derived from “qaqortoq”

Every word from Proto-Eskimo *qakǝru- →Every word from Proto-Inuit *qaku-ʁ- →Every word from Greenlandic qaqorpoq →