Where does “kajak” come from?

kajak (Slovak) comes from Inuktitut ᖃᔭᖅ, from Proto-Inuit *qayaq, from Proto-Eskimo *qayaʀ — kayak.

kajak (Slovak): kayak

Definitions

  1. kayak

Ancestry of “kajak”, step by step

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