Where does “urgiiḷiq” come from?

urgiiḷiq (Inupiaq) comes from Proto-Eskimo uqviɣ — willow, shrub, tree.

urgiiḷiq (Inupiaq): birch

Definitions

  1. birch

Ancestry of “urgiiḷiq”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Eskimouqviɣwillow, shrub, tree
Every word from Proto-Eskimo uqviɣ
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