Where does “nuna sajuppoq” come from?

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

nuna sajuppoq (Greenlandic): trembles like, or suggesting, an earthquake

Definitions

  1. trembles like, or suggesting, an earthquake

Ancestry of “nuna sajuppoq”, step by step

nuna sajuppoq traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Greenlandic nuna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GreenlandicnunaEarth; country, land
2Proto-Inuit*nuna—
3Proto-Eskimo*nuna—

via Greenlandic sajuppoq

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greenlandicsajuppoqwavers or trembles
2Proto-Inuit*caju-ɣ-—
3Proto-Eskimo*caju-ɣ-—
Every word from Proto-Eskimo *nuna →Every word from Proto-Inuit *nuna →Every word from Greenlandic nuna →