Where does “kajakk” come from?

kajakk (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Greenlandic qajaq, from Proto-Eskimo qyaq — kayak.

kajakk (Norwegian Nynorsk): a kayak

Definitions

  1. a kayak

Ancestry of “kajakk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greenlandicqajaqkayak
2Proto-Eskimoqyaqkayak
Every word from Proto-Eskimo qyaq →Every word from Greenlandic qajaq →