Where does “kajako” come from?

kajako (Esperanto) comes from English kayak, from Inuktitut ᖃᔭᖅ, from Proto-Inuit *qayaq, from Proto-Eskimo *qayaʀ — kayak.

kajako (Esperanto): kayak

Definitions

  1. kayak

Ancestry of “kajako”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishkayakA type of small boat, covered over by a surface...
2Inuktitutᖃᔭᖅkayak
3Proto-Inuit*qayaq—
4Proto-Eskimo*qayaʀkayak
Every word from Proto-Eskimo *qayaʀ →Every word from Proto-Inuit *qayaq →Every word from Inuktitut ᖃᔭᖅ →