Where does “kajak” come from?

kajak (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian kaja, from Hungarian kajál, from Romani khal — to eat.

kajak (Hungarian): kayak

Definitions

  1. kayak

Ancestry of “kajak”, step by step

kajak traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian kaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariankajagrub, chow
2Hungariankajálto eat
3Romanikhalto eat

via Inuktitut ᖃᔭᖅ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Inuktitutᖃᔭᖅkayak
2Proto-Inuit*qayaq—
3Proto-Eskimo*qayaʀkayak

Words derived from “kajak”

Every word from Romani khal →Every word from Hungarian kajál →Every word from Hungarian kaja →