Where does “kayak” come from?

Kayak comes from Inuktitut ᖃᔭᖅ, borrowed from Proto-Eskimo qyaq, a small skin boat used for hunting and transportation in Arctic regions.

kayak (English): A type of small boat, covered over by a surface...

Definitions

  1. A type of small boat, covered over by a surface...

Ancestry of “kayak”, step by step

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

Words derived from “kayak

Every word from Proto-Eskimo *qayaʀEvery word from Proto-Inuit *qayaqEvery word from Inuktitut ᖃᔭᖅ
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