Where does “kajakkiyksikkö” come from?

kajakkiyksikkö (Finnish) comes from Finnish kajakki, from Inuktitut ᖃᔭᖅ, from Proto-Inuit *qayaq, from Proto-Eskimo *qayaʀ — kayak.

kajakkiyksikkö (Finnish): single kayak

Definitions

  1. single kayak

Ancestry of “kajakkiyksikkö”, step by step

kajakkiyksikkö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kajakki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkajakkikayak; kayaking
2Inuktitutᖃᔭᖅkayak
3Proto-Inuit*qayaq—
4Proto-Eskimo*qayaʀkayak

via Finnish yksikkö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishyksikköunit; singular; single
2Finnish-kköFront vowel variant of -kko
3Proto-Finnic-kkoiForms diminutive nouns
Every word from Proto-Eskimo *qayaʀ →Every word from Proto-Inuit *qayaq →Every word from Inuktitut ᖃᔭᖅ →