Etymograph

English

Godthab

Godthab comes from Danish Godthåb.

  1. DanishmodernGodthåb
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2001Godthab

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. DanishmodernGodthåb
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2001Godthab

Earliest quotation: 2001, James Brooke, Where Icebergs Are Born: “In full decolonization mode, Greenlanders also have abandoned the…”

Today it means

name Nuuk (the capital city of Greenland).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Danish Godthåb / Godthab