The broad Inuit qayaq form is compared with Proto-Eskimo *qan-yaq; the notation is source-dependent and does not identify one modern donor variety.
CANONICAL RELATIONSHIP RECORD
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qayaq
kayak; traditional narrow skin-covered watercraft
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / reconstructedProto-Eskimo · Proto-Eskimo reconstruction · kayak formation*qan-yaq
reconstructed kayak formation
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The kayak or skin-boat referent remains central across the comparison.
Proto-Eskimo reconstruction precedes attested Inuit forms.
José Andrés Alonso de la Fuente
probable — A specialist philological analysis supports a distinct Eskimo reconstruction, while the English dictionary supplies only the broad label Inuit.
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Kayak — Word HistoryWord History — Etymology
contextAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Supplies the broad Inuit qayaq stage and English borrowing, but no deeper reconstruction.
Qajaq-termsQajaq-terms — Greenlandic terminology
contextAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Supplies the living Greenlandic qajaq comparison without identifying the unique English donor.
Urban legends: Turkish kayık “boat” and “Eskimo” qayaq “kayak”Abstract and pp. 7–24 — recoverable Eskimo stages *qan-yaq and *qan(ə)-
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Publishes the separate Eskimo reconstruction used to extend the former boundary.
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