Where does “kayser” come from?

kayser (Middle English) comes from Old High German keisar, from Indonesian kaisar, from Dutch keizer, from Middle Dutch keiser, from Old Dutch keiser, from Proto-Germanic kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar, from Latin caesaries — hair.

kayser (Middle English): An emperor the ruler of an empire; a supreme ruler

Definitions

  1. An emperor the ruler of an empire; a supreme ruler

Ancestry of “kayser”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germankeisaremperor
2Indonesiankaisaremperor; empress
3Dutchkeizeremperor
4Middle Dutchkeiser—
5Old Dutchkeiseremperor
6Proto-Germanickaisarazemperor
7LatinCaesarJulius Caesar; emperor
8Latincaesariesor hair
9Proto-Indo-Europeankéysero-hair

Words derived from “kayser”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kéysero- →