English
Sisimiut
Sisimiut comes from Greenlandic sisi ‘foxhole’.
- Greenlandicmodernsisi‘foxhole’
- Greenlandic, derivedmodernSisimiut
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Greenlandicmodernsisi‘foxhole’
- Greenlandic, derivedmodernSisimiut
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from Greenlandic sisi
Today it means
name A city in Qeqqata, Greenland. Also known by its former Danish name Holsteinsborg.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Greenlandic sisi / Sisimiut