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Where does “Aaveqaspis” come from?

Aaveqaspis (Translingual) comes from Greenlandic aaveq, from Ancient Greek ἀσπίς, from Proto-Indo-European h₂esp- — to cut.

Ancestry of “Aaveqaspis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greenlandicaaveqwalrus
2Ancient Greekἀσπίςshield; collective, body of men-at-arms; on the...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂esp-to cut
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