Where does “nunatak” come from?
nunatak (English) comes from Greenlandic nunataq, from Greenlandic nuna, from Proto-Inuit *nuna, from Proto-Eskimo *nuna.
nunatak (English): A mountain top or rocky element of a ridge that...
Definitions
- A mountain top or rocky element of a ridge that...
Ancestry of “nunatak”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Greenlandic | nunataq | nunatak, an exposed, often rocky element of a... |
| 2 | Greenlandic | nuna | Earth; country, land |
| 3 | Proto-Inuit | *nuna | — |
| 4 | Proto-Eskimo | *nuna | — |
Words derived from “nunatak”