Where does “nunasiaqarneq” come from?

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

nunasiaqarneq (Greenlandic): colonialism

Definitions

  1. colonialism

Ancestry of “nunasiaqarneq”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greenlandicnunasiaqcolony
2GreenlandicnunaEarth; country, land
3Proto-Inuit*nuna—
4Proto-Eskimo*nuna—
Every word from Proto-Eskimo *nuna →Every word from Proto-Inuit *nuna →Every word from Greenlandic nuna →