Where does “qimmiaraq” come from?

qimmiaraq (Greenlandic) comes from Greenlandic qimmeq, from Proto-Inuit *qi'mi-, from Proto-Eskimo *qikmi-.

qimmiaraq (Greenlandic): puppy

Definitions

  1. puppy

Ancestry of “qimmiaraq”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greenlandicqimmeqdog
2Proto-Inuit*qi'mi-—
3Proto-Eskimo*qikmi-—
Every word from Proto-Eskimo *qikmi- →Every word from Proto-Inuit *qi'mi- →Every word from Greenlandic qimmeq →