Where does “Kuutak” come from?
Kuutak (Greenlandic) comes from Danish Gustav, from Swedish Gustav, from Old Swedish Gøtstaf, from Old Norse Gautstafr, from Old Norse stafr, from Proto-Norse ᛋᛏᚼᛒᚼ, from Proto-Germanic stabaz, from Proto-Indo-European stebʰ- — to stand still; to harden.
Ancestry of “Kuutak”, step by step