Where does “keiser” come from?

keiser (Middle High German) 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.

keiser (Middle High German): emperor

Definitions

  1. emperor

Ancestry of “keiser”, step by step

keiser traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old High German keisar

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

via Old High German keisur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germankeisur—

Words derived from “keiser”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kéysero- →Every word from Latin caesaries →Every word from Latin Caesar →