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Where does “Paarnannguaq” come from?

Paarnannguaq (Greenlandic) comes from Greenlandic Paarnaq, from Proto-Inuit *paunʁa-, from Proto-Eskimo *paɣunʁa-.

Ancestry of “Paarnannguaq”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GreenlandicPaarnaq—
2Proto-Inuit*paunʁa-—
3Proto-Eskimo*paɣunʁa-—
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