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Where does “Imaanu” come from?

Imaanu (Greenlandic) comes from Danish Emanuel, from Hebrew עִמָּנוּאֵל, from Hebrew עִמָּנוּ אֵל — God is with us.

Ancestry of “Imaanu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DanishEmanuel—
2Hebrewעִמָּנוּאֵל—
3Hebrewעִמָּנוּ אֵלGod is with us
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