English
Sedna
Sedna comes from Inuktitut ᓴᓐᓇ ‘Inuit goddess, Mother of the Sea’.
- Inuktitutmodernᓴᓐᓇsanna‘Inuit goddess, Mother of the Sea’
- Englishearliest quotation 2007Sedna
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Inuktitutmodernᓴᓐᓇsanna‘Inuit goddess, Mother of the Sea’
- Englishearliest quotation 2007Sedna
Earliest quotation: 2007, C. Murray, David Brodie: “Scattered beyond the Kuiper Belt is a disk of…”
The story
The dwarf planet and the planitia are named after the goddess.
Every English word from Inuktitut ᓴᓐᓇ
Today it means
name The Inuit goddess of the sea and marine animals.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Inuktitut ᓴᓐᓇ / Sedna