Where does “kayak de neige” come from?

kayak de neige (French) comes from French neige, from French neiger, from Old French negier, from Vulgar Latin nivicare, from Latin nix, from Latin -eus, from Ancient Greek -εῖος, from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

kayak de neige (French): snow kayaking

Definitions

  1. snow kayaking

Ancestry of “kayak de neige”, step by step

kayak de neige traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French neige

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchneigesnow, crystalline frozen precipitation; cocaine,...
2Frenchneigerto snow
3Old Frenchnegierto snow
4Vulgar Latinnivicarepresent active infinitive of *nivicō
5Latinnixsnow; white hair
6Latin-eusargentum + API → argenteus; ferrum + API →...
7Ancient Greek-εῖοςForms adjectives, usually with a meaning of "of"...
8Proto-Indo-European-iHwós
9Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems

via French kayak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchkayakkayak
2Inuktitutᖃᔭᖅkayak
3Proto-Inuit*qayaq
4Proto-Eskimo*qayaʀkayak
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós