Where does “nuna” come from?

nuna (Greenlandic) comes from Proto-Inuit *nuna, from Proto-Eskimo *nuna.

nuna (Greenlandic): Earth; country, land

Definitions

  1. Earth; country, land

Ancestry of “nuna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Inuit*nuna
2Proto-Eskimo*nuna

Words derived from “nuna

Every word from Proto-Eskimo *nunaEvery word from Proto-Inuit *nuna