Where does “nunap assinga” come from?

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

nunap assinga (Greenlandic): map

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Ancestry of “nunap assinga”, step by step

nunap assinga traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Greenlandic nuna

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

via Greenlandic assinguvoq

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greenlandicassinguvoq—
Every word from Proto-Eskimo *nuna →Every word from Proto-Inuit *nuna →Every word from Greenlandic nuna →