Greenlandish

English

Etymology

From Greenland +‎ -ish, possibly after Danish grønlandsk.

Adjective

Greenlandish (not comparable)

1. Dated form of Greenlandic (“pertaining to Greenland”).
   • 1986, Lee M. Hollander, The Poetic Edda:

     Intimately connected with the question of the date is that of the home of Eddic poetry. There is fair agreement about only two poems: "Atlamál," which is generally allowed to be of Greenlandish origin, and the "Prophecy of Grípir," which no doubt was composed by an Icelander of the twelfth century […]

Proper noun

Greenlandish

1. Dated form of Greenlandic (“language of Greenland”).

   Synonyms: Greenlandic, Kalaallisut

   • 1875, Hinrich Rink, Robert Brown, Tales and traditions of the Eskimo:

     Taking it for granted that Greenlandish may be held to represent the Eskimo tongue in general, we shall endeavour to give an idea of its remarkable construction.

   • 1996, Hans Goebl, Linguistique de contact:

     The linguistic character of Faroese and Greenlandish are very different, Greenlandish being an Eskimo language whereas Faroese is a Nordic language with roots in Old Norwegian.