Where does “Nuuk” come from?

Nuuk (French) comes from Danish Nuuk, from Greenlandic Nuuk, from Greenlandic nuuk — cape.

Ancestry of “Nuuk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DanishNuuk—
2GreenlandicNuuk—
3Greenlandicnuukcape
Every word from Greenlandic nuuk →Every word from Greenlandic Nuuk →Every word from Danish Nuuk →