Where does “ᖃᔭᖅ” come from?

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

ᖃᔭᖅ (Inuktitut): kayak

Definitions

  1. kayak

Ancestry of “ᖃᔭᖅ”, step by step

ᖃᔭᖅ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Inuit *qayaq

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

via Proto-Eskimo qyaq

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Eskimoqyaqkayak

via Proto-Eskimo *qayaʁ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Eskimo*qayaʁ—

Words derived from “ᖃᔭᖅ”

Every word from Proto-Eskimo *qayaʀ →Every word from Proto-Inuit *qayaq →