Etymograph

English

Kangerlussuaq

Kangerlussuaq comes from Greenlandic Kangerlussuaq ‘Big Fjord’.

  1. GreenlandicmodernKangerlussuaq‘Big Fjord’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2016same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. GreenlandicmodernKangerlussuaq‘Big Fjord’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2016same form

Earliest quotation: 2016, Willem Vandoorne, Qeqqata expedition – preparing for 5 weeks in Southwest Gree: “This time I’m aiming at the coastal labyrinth of…”

Every English word from Greenlandic Kangerlussuaq

Today it means

name A settlement in Qeqqata, Greenland.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Greenlandic Kangerlussuaq / Kangerlussuaq

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