Where does “illeraq qaamasartoq” come from?

illeraq qaamasartoq (Greenlandic) comes from Greenlandic qaamasoq, from Greenlandic -toq — one who does something; agent noun; -er.

illeraq qaamasartoq (Greenlandic): Arctic krill (Thysanoessa raschii)

Definitions

  1. Arctic krill (Thysanoessa raschii)

Ancestry of “illeraq qaamasartoq”, step by step

illeraq qaamasartoq traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Greenlandic qaamasoq

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greenlandicqaamasoqlight
2Greenlandic-toqone who does something; agent noun; -er

via Greenlandic illeraq

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greenlandicilleraqcopepods, of the genus Cyclops
2Proto-Inuit*Iɣliʁa—
Every word from Greenlandic -toq →Every word from Greenlandic qaamasoq →