Where does “kajak” come from?

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

kajak (Swedish): kayak

Definitions

  1. kayak

Ancestry of “kajak”, step by step

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