Where does “kajakk” come from?
kajakk (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Greenlandic qajaq, from Proto-Eskimo qyaq — kayak.
kajakk (Norwegian Bokmål): a kayak
Ancestry of “kajakk”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Greenlandic | qajaq | kayak |
| 2 | Proto-Eskimo | qyaq | kayak |