quay
English
/kiː/, /keɪ/, /ki/
noun
Definitions
- (nautical) A stone or concrete structure on navigable water used for loading and unloading vessels; a wharf.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English kay derived from Old French kay derived from Gaulish *kagyum derived from Proto-Celtic *kagyom (enclosure, pen) derived from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰyóm (enclosure).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kagʰyóm
Gloss
enclosure
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Torquay English
- quayage English
- quaylike English
- quayman English
- quayside English
- side English
- tor English
- quai Italian
- kaai Dutch, Flemish
- quai French
- *kagʰom Proto-Indo-European
- *kagʰyóm Proto-Indo-European
- kai Norwegian Bokmål
- cais Portuguese
- *hagjō Proto-Germanic
- kaj Swedish
- kai Norwegian Nynorsk
- kay Middle English
- kaj Danish
- cail Old French
- kay Old French
- kajo Esperanto
- chei Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- cae Welsh
- kayo Ido
- кeй Bulgarian
- *haggju gmw-pro
- *kagyom Proto-Celtic
- *kaɣjom Proto-Italic
- *kagyom Gaulish
- *kagyum Gaulish
- cagiíum Gaulish
- kay Middle Welsh