Where does “nunasiaq” come from?

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

nunasiaq (Greenlandic): colony

Definitions

  1. colony

Ancestry of “nunasiaq”, step by step

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

Words derived from “nunasiaq”

Every word from Proto-Eskimo *nuna →Every word from Proto-Inuit *nuna →Every word from Greenlandic nuna →