Where does “caicaș” come from?

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

Ancestry of “caicaș”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniancaiackayak
2Frenchkayakkayak
3Inuktitutᖃᔭᖅkayak
4Proto-Inuit*qayaq—
5Proto-Eskimo*qayaʀkayak
Every word from Proto-Eskimo *qayaʀ →Every word from Proto-Inuit *qayaq →Every word from Inuktitut ᖃᔭᖅ →