Where does “nunarsuaq” come from?

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

nunarsuaq (Greenlandic): planet Earth

Definitions

  1. planet Earth

Ancestry of “nunarsuaq”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GreenlandicnunaEarth; country, land
2Proto-Inuit*nuna—
3Proto-Eskimo*nuna—
Every word from Proto-Eskimo *nuna →Every word from Proto-Inuit *nuna →Every word from Greenlandic nuna →