Where does “nunavik” come from?

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

nunavik (Greenlandic): mainland

Definitions

  1. mainland

Ancestry of “nunavik”, 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 →