Where does “qilernerusaq” come from?

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

qilernerusaq (Greenlandic): tie, necktie

Definitions

  1. tie, necktie

Ancestry of “qilernerusaq”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greenlandicqilerneqknot
2Greenlandicqilerpaaties (a knot)
3Proto-Inuit*qilǝʁ-—
4Proto-Eskimo*qiɫǝʁ-—
Every word from Proto-Eskimo *qiɫǝʁ- →Every word from Proto-Inuit *qilǝʁ- →Every word from Greenlandic qilerpaa →