Where does “eskimokajakki” come from?

eskimokajakki (Finnish) comes from Finnish eskimo, from English eskimo, from French esquimau, from Algonquin ayashkimew.

eskimokajakki (Finnish): a type of long kayak, Inuit kayak

Definitions

  1. a type of long kayak, Inuit kayak

Ancestry of “eskimokajakki”, step by step

eskimokajakki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish eskimo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnisheskimoEskimo; Synonym of jäätelöpuikko
2EnglisheskimoA member of a group of indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic, from Siberia, through Alaska and Northern Canada, to Greenland, including the Inuit and Yupik
3FrenchesquimauEskimo; Inuit; snowsuit
4Algonquinayashkimew—

via Finnish kajakki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkajakkikayak; kayaking
2Inuktitutᖃᔭᖅkayak
3Proto-Inuit*qayaq—
4Proto-Eskimo*qayaʀkayak
Every word from Algonquin ayashkimew →Every word from French esquimau →Every word from English eskimo →