Etymograph

English

skyaking

Blend of sky + kayaking.

A blend of sky + kayaking

Proto-Germanic *skiwô ‘cloud cover, haze’

Proto-Germanic *skiwją ‘cloud; sky’

Old Norse ský ‘cloud; (plural) sky’

Middle English sky ‘sky; cloud’

English sky

Today it means

noun The extreme sport of skydiving in a kayak, so as to land on the water.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “skyaking”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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