Where does “kajak” come from?

kajak (Czech) comes from German Kajak, from Inuktitut ᖃᔭᖅ, from Proto-Inuit *qayaq, from Proto-Eskimo *qayaʀ — kayak.

kajak (Czech): kayak

Definitions

  1. kayak

Ancestry of “kajak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKajakkayak
2Inuktitutᖃᔭᖅkayak
3Proto-Inuit*qayaq—
4Proto-Eskimo*qayaʀkayak

Words derived from “kajak”

Every word from Proto-Eskimo *qayaʀ →Every word from Proto-Inuit *qayaq →Every word from Inuktitut ᖃᔭᖅ →
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