Where does “kajakoida” come from?
kajakoida (Finnish) comes from Finnish kajakki, from Inuktitut ᖃᔭᖅ, from Proto-Inuit *qayaq, from Proto-Eskimo *qayaʀ.
kajakoida (Finnish): to kayak
Ancestry of “kajakoida”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | kajakki | kayak; kayaking |
| 2 | Inuktitut | ᖃᔭᖅ | kayak |
| 3 | Proto-Inuit | *qayaq | — |
| 4 | Proto-Eskimo | *qayaʀ | — |