Where does “kajak” come from?

kajak (Danish) comes from Greenlandic qajaq, from Proto-Eskimo qyaq — kayak.

kajak (Danish): kayak

Definitions

  1. kayak

Ancestry of “kajak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greenlandicqajaqkayak
2Proto-Eskimoqyaqkayak

Words derived from “kajak”

Every word from Proto-Eskimo qyaq →Every word from Greenlandic qajaq →