Where does “nunataq” come from?

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

nunataq (Greenlandic): nunatak, an exposed, often rocky element of a...

Definitions

  1. nunatak, an exposed, often rocky element of a...

Ancestry of “nunataq”, step by step

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

Words derived from “nunataq”

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