Where does “grønlandsk” come from?

grønlandsk (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål Grønland, from Old Norse Grœnland, from Old Norse grœnn, from Proto-Germanic grōniz, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁- — to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow.

grønlandsk (Norwegian Bokmål): Greenland attributive, Greenlandic relating to Greenland and Greenlanders

Definitions

  1. Greenland attributive, Greenlandic relating to Greenland and Greenlanders

Ancestry of “grønlandsk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian BokmålGrønland—
2Old NorseGrœnlandGreenland
3Old Norsegrœnngreen, fresh; good, fit
4Proto-Germanicgrōnizgreen
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰreh₁-to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰreh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grōniz →Every word from Old Norse grœnn →