Where does “aasiak assagiarsungasoq” come from?

aasiak assagiarsungasoq (Greenlandic) comes from Greenlandic assagiarsuk, from Greenlandic -arsuk — shoddy, of low quality; small.

aasiak assagiarsungasoq (Greenlandic): crab spider

Definitions

  1. crab spider

Ancestry of “aasiak assagiarsungasoq”, step by step

aasiak assagiarsungasoq traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Greenlandic assagiarsuk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greenlandicassagiarsukcrab
2Greenlandic-arsukshoddy, of low quality; small

via Greenlandic aasiak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greenlandicaasiakspider
Every word from Greenlandic -arsuk →Every word from Greenlandic assagiarsuk →