Where does “paitaalek” come from?
paitaalek (Yup'ik) comes from Russian байда́рка, from Russian -ка, from Proto-Slavic -ьka, from Proto-Balto-Slavic -ikaʔ, from Proto-Indo-European -ikeh₂.
paitaalek (Yup'ik): 2- or 3-hole kayak
Ancestry of “paitaalek”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Russian | байда́рка | canoe |
| 2 | Russian | -ка | now, just |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -ьka | — |
| 4 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | -ikaʔ | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ikeh₂ | — |