Where does “kayak” come from?
kayak (Turkish) comes from Turkish kaymak, from Ottoman Turkish قایماق, from Proto-Turkic *kańak.
kayak (Turkish): ski
Ancestry of “kayak”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Turkish | kaymak | kaymak; best part of something; to slide; to... |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | قایماق | — |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | *kańak | — |
Words derived from “kayak”