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Where does “Kajüte” come from?

Kajüte (German) comes from Middle Low German kajüte, from Middle Dutch kayhute.

Kajüte (German): cabin on a ship, for sailors

Definitions

  1. cabin on a ship, for sailors

Ancestry of “Kajüte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germankajüte—
2Middle Dutchkayhute—

Words derived from “Kajüte”

  • каюта
  • Kapitänskajüte
Every word from Middle Dutch kayhute →