Reconstruction:Proto-Eskimo/qayaʀ

This Proto-Eskimo entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Eskimo

Etymology

Likely cognate to Aleut iqyax̂ (“long, traditional kayak-like boat”).

Noun

*qayaʀ

1. kayak

Descendants

• Yupik:
  • Central Alaskan Yup'ik: qayaq
  • Alutiiq: qayaq
  • Central Siberian Yupik: qayaq
  • Sirenik: qajax
• Inuit:
  • Inupiaq: qayaq (“kayak”)
    • Northwest Alaskan Inupiatun: qayaq
      • Qawiaraq: qayaq
    • Northern Alaskan Inupiatun:
      • Malimiutun: qayaq
      • North Slope: qayaq
        • Uummarmiutun: qayaq
  • Inuvialuktun:
    • Siglitun: ᖃᔭᖅ (qayaq)
    • Inuinnaqtun: ᖃᔭᖅ (qayaq)
    • Netsilik:
      • Natsilik: ᖃᔭᖅ (qayaq)
    • Kivalliq: ᖃᔭᖅ (qayaq)
    • Aivilik: ᖃᔭᖅ (qajaq)
    • North Baffin: ᖃᔭᖅ (qajaq)
  • Inuktitut: ᖃᔭᖅ (qayaq, “kayak”)
    • Qikiqtaaluk nigiani: ᖃᔭᖅ (qayaq)
    • Nunavimmiutitut: ᖃᔭᖅ (qayaq)
    • Nunatsiavummiut: kayak
    • Inuktun: qajaq
    • → English: kayak
      • → Scottish Gaelic: caidheag
      • → Japanese: カヤック (kayakku)
      • → Romanian: caiac
  • Greenlandic: qajaq
    • West Greenlandic Pidgin: kyak ("ship")
    • → Danish: kajak
      • → French: kayak
      • → Faroese: kajakk