Where does “kajakk” come from?

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

kajakk (Faroese): kayak

Definitions

  1. kayak

Ancestry of “kajakk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishkajakkayak
2Greenlandicqajaqkayak
3Proto-Eskimoqyaqkayak
Every word from Proto-Eskimo qyaq →Every word from Greenlandic qajaq →Every word from Danish kajak →
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