kalaaleq
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Greenlandic
Alternative forms
Etymology
Uncertain. Perhaps a borrowing from and alteration of Old Norse skrælingi.[1] According to Online Etymology Dictionary, Hans Egede claimed that "the Eskimos themselves told him that they got the name from the Norsemen who once lived in Greenland."
Pronunciation
Proper noun
kalaaleq (plural kalaallit)