Where does “kajaks” come from?

kajaks (Latvian) comes from Estonian kajakas, from Proto-Finnic kajaga, from Proto-Uralic kaja — gull.

kajaks (Latvian): common gull, also known as mew gull

Definitions

  1. common gull, also known as mew gull

Ancestry of “kajaks”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estoniankajakasgull
2Proto-Finnickajagagull
3Proto-Uralickajagull
Every word from Proto-Uralic kaja →Every word from Proto-Finnic kajaga →Every word from Estonian kajakas →