Etymology Explorer › Swedish

Where does “kajuta” come from?

kajuta (Swedish) comes from Crimean Tatar kayuta, from Russian каю́та, from German kajüte, from Middle Low German kajüte, from Middle Dutch kayhute.

Ancestry of “kajuta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Crimean Tatarkayutacabin, room
2Russianкаю́та—
3Germankajüte—
4Middle Low Germankajüte—
5Middle Dutchkayhute—

Words derived from “kajuta”

  • kajuutta
Every word from Middle Dutch kayhute →