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Where does “sanikoorfik” come from?

sanikoorfik (Greenlandic) comes from Greenlandic sanik, from Proto-Inuit *can(i)ɣ, from Proto-Eskimo *cańǝɣ.

sanikoorfik (Greenlandic): dustpan

Definitions

  1. dustpan

Ancestry of “sanikoorfik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greenlandicsanikdustmote
2Proto-Inuit*can(i)ɣ—
3Proto-Eskimo*cańǝɣ—
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