Where does “qernertoq” come from?

qernertoq (Greenlandic) comes from Greenlandic qernerpoq, from Proto-Inuit *qiʁnǝ-ʁ-, from Proto-Eskimo *qiʁnǝ-ʁ-.

qernertoq (Greenlandic): black

Definitions

  1. black

Ancestry of “qernertoq”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greenlandicqernerpoqis black
2Proto-Inuit*qiʁnǝ-ʁ-—
3Proto-Eskimo*qiʁnǝ-ʁ-—

Words derived from “qernertoq”

Every word from Proto-Eskimo *qiʁnǝ-ʁ- →Every word from Proto-Inuit *qiʁnǝ-ʁ- →Every word from Greenlandic qernerpoq →