Greenlandic qajaq continues the independently reconstructed Proto-Eskimo kayak formation; exact intermediate dialect stages are not over-specified.
CANONICAL RELATIONSHIP RECORD
COVERAGE LEDGER ↗EDGE / 0522inheritanceprobable
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qajaq
kayak; traditional narrow hunting and travel craft
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / reconstructedProto-Eskimo · Proto-Eskimo reconstruction · kayak formation*qan-yaq
reconstructed kayak formation
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THE COMPLETE RELATIONSHIP
EVERY FIELD, NOT A FAIRY TALE
The watercraft referent remains central.
No separate chronology note is attached beyond the endpoint date ranges.
José Andrés Alonso de la Fuente · Oqaasileriffik
probable — The Greenlandic form is attested and the Proto-Eskimo form reconstructed.
reviewed
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Qajaq-termsQajaq-terms — qajaq and derived terminology
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Documents the living Greenlandic form and watercraft field.
Urban legends: Turkish kayık “boat” and “Eskimo” qayaq “kayak”Abstract and pp. 7–24 — Greenlandic and Proto-Eskimo history
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Places qajaq in the separate Eskimo reconstruction.
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