English

kayak sprint

From kayak + sprint.

A compound of kayak + sprint

Proto-Eskimo *qayaʁ

Inuktitut ᖃᔭᖅ ‘hunter's boat’

English kayak

Proto-Indo-European *(s)prend-

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Proto-Germanic *sprantijaną ‘to make jump up’

Old Norse *sprenta

Middle English sprenten ‘to spring’

English sprent ‘to leap’

Today it means

noun A watersports discipline, where competitors race head-to-head in heats, on a straight flatwater course in lanes, using kayaks.

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