Where does “kai” come from?
kai (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaiketi, from Finnish ti, from English dit, from French dît, from Old French dit, from Latin dictus, from Latin dīcō, from Latin -tiō — limestone; chalk; the finish line.
kai (Finnish): probably; maybe, perhaps
Definitions
- probably; maybe, perhaps
Ancestry of “kai”, step by step
kai traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kaiketi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kaiketi | probably; surely |
| 2 | Finnish | ti | Abbreviation of tiistai; dit |
| 3 | English | dit | To stop up; block (an opening); close compare Scots |
| 4 | French | dît | third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of... |
| 5 | Old French | dit | word; story; tale; past participle of dire |
| 6 | Latin | dictus | said, uttered; mentioned, spoken, having been... |
| 7 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 8 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 9 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 10 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 11 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 12 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 13 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 14 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
via Swedish Kaj
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | Kaj | of Danish origin |
| 2 | Danish | kaj | pier, dock |
| 3 | Dutch | kaai | Alternative form of kade |
| 4 | French | quai | quay, wharf; platform |
| 5 | Latin | caium | storehouse, shop, workshop; quay, wharf |
| 6 | Gaulish | kagyom | — |
| 7 | Proto-Celtic | kagyom | pen, enclosure |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kagʰyóm | enclosure, hedge |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |