Where does “qayaq” come from?

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

qayaq (Inupiaq): kayak, skin-canoe

Definitions

  1. kayak, skin-canoe

Ancestry of “qayaq”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Inuit*qayaq—
2Proto-Eskimo*qayaʀkayak
Every word from Proto-Eskimo *qayaʀ →Every word from Proto-Inuit *qayaq →