Where does “tunguusaq” come from?

tunguusaq (Greenlandic) comes from Greenlandic -usaq — something resembling; -like; resembling object.

tunguusaq (Greenlandic): purple

Definitions

  1. purple

Ancestry of “tunguusaq”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greenlandic-usaqsomething resembling; -like; resembling object
Every word from Greenlandic -usaq