Where does “nunavik” come from?
nunavik (Greenlandic) comes from Greenlandic nuna, from Proto-Inuit *nuna, from Proto-Eskimo *nuna.
nunavik (Greenlandic): mainland
Ancestry of “nunavik”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Greenlandic | nuna | Earth; country, land |
| 2 | Proto-Inuit | *nuna | — |
| 3 | Proto-Eskimo | *nuna | — |