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
- A type of small boat, covered over by a surface...
Ancestry of “kayak”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Inuktitut | ᖃᔭᖅ | kayak |
| 2 | Proto-Inuit | *qayaq | — |
| 3 | Proto-Eskimo | *qayaʀ | — |
Words derived from “kayak”