gaai
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ˈɣaːi̯/
noun
Definitions
- (zoology) The jaybird, , a woodland corvine species
Etymology
Derived from Old French gai (gay, cheerful, happy, merry, laughing, joyful) derived from Latin gaius.
Origin
Latin
gaius
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- jay English
- jaybird English
- jaylike English
- jaywalker English
- Gaius Latin
- gaius Latin
- vagus Latin
- gei Italian
- gai French
- gayo Spanish, Castilian
- *nas- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰengʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- ジェイ Japanese
- ジェー Japanese
- gay Middle English
- jay Middle English
- gai Old French
- jai Old French
- gaio Galician
- gay Middle Dutch
- dgai Norman
- gùai Norman
- gay Middle French
- *gāhi Frankish
- *gāhi, *gahi Frankish
- gai Old Occitan