Where does “qilerneq” come from?

qilerneq (Greenlandic) comes from Greenlandic qilerpaa, from Proto-Inuit *qilǝʁ-, from Proto-Eskimo *qiɫǝʁ-.

qilerneq (Greenlandic): knot

Definitions

  1. knot

Ancestry of “qilerneq”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greenlandicqilerpaaties (a knot)
2Proto-Inuit*qilǝʁ-
3Proto-Eskimo*qiɫǝʁ-

Words derived from “qilerneq

Every word from Proto-Eskimo *qiɫǝʁ-Every word from Proto-Inuit *qilǝʁ-Every word from Greenlandic qilerpaa