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Where does “savalimmiormioq” come from?

savalimmiormioq (Greenlandic) comes from Greenlandic Savalimmiut, from Danish Færøerne, from Old Norse Færeyjar, from Old Norse fær, from Proto-Germanic fahaz, from Proto-Indo-European póḱos.

savalimmiormioq (Greenlandic): Faroe Islander

Definitions

  1. Faroe Islander

Ancestry of “savalimmiormioq”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GreenlandicSavalimmiut—
2DanishFærøerne—
3Old NorseFæreyjarFaroe Islands; the Faroe islands
4Old Norsefærsheep
5Proto-Germanicfahazsheep
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpóḱos—
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