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Where does “qajaq” come from?

qajaq (Greenlandic) comes from Proto-Eskimo qyaq — kayak.

qajaq (Greenlandic): kayak

Definitions

  1. kayak

Ancestry of “qajaq”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Eskimoqyaqkayak

Words derived from “qajaq”

  • kajak
  • kajakk
  • kajakk
  • kajak
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