Words that come from Proto-Inuit “*qayaq”

54 words across 26 languages descend from Proto-Inuit *qayaq — including kayak, kayaking, kayaker, カヤック, kajak, kajakon, skyaking, kayak.

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English (8)

Finnish (7)

Polish (6)

Czech (4)

Hungarian (3)

French (3)

Romanian (3)

German (2)

Japanese (1)

Cebuano (1)

Cornish (1)

Italian (1)

Dutch (1)

Slovak (1)

Swedish (1)

Inuktitut (1)

Norman (1)

Thai (1)

Esperanto (1)

Indonesian (1)

North Moluccan Malay (1)

Catalan (1)

Portuguese (1)

Inupiaq (1)

Khmer (1)

Korean (1)