Where does “caiac” come from?

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

caiac (Romanian): kayak

Definitions

  1. kayak

Ancestry of “caiac”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchkayakkayak
2Inuktitutᖃᔭᖅkayak
3Proto-Inuit*qayaq—
4Proto-Eskimo*qayaʀkayak

Words derived from “caiac”

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