kai
Faroese
/kʰaiː/
noun
Definitions
- (colloquial) quay
Etymology
Borrowed from Danish kaj derived from Old French kay derived from Gaulish cagiíum (enclosure) derived from Proto-Celtic *kagyom (enclosure, pen).
Origin
Proto-Celtic
*kagyom
Gloss
enclosure, pen
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- quay English
- quai Italian
- kaai Dutch, Flemish
- quai French
- *kagʰom Proto-Indo-European
- *kagʰyóm Proto-Indo-European
- kai Norwegian Bokmål
- cais Portuguese
- kaj Swedish
- kai Norwegian Nynorsk
- kay Middle English
- kaj Danish
- cail Old French
- kay Old French
- chei Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- cae Welsh
- кeй Bulgarian
- *kagyom Proto-Celtic
- *kagyom Gaulish
- *kagyum Gaulish
- cagiíum Gaulish
- kay Middle Welsh