{"id":2222,"date":"2022-10-01T15:22:24","date_gmt":"2022-10-01T15:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=2222"},"modified":"2022-10-01T16:32:40","modified_gmt":"2022-10-01T16:32:40","slug":"adventures-in-etymology-quay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=2222","title":{"rendered":"Adventures in Etymology &#8211; Quay"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Adventures in Etymology &amp;#8211; Quay\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2022-10-01T15:22:24+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"\n\nToday we are unloading the origins of the word quay.\n\nA quay [ki\u02d0\/ke\u026a] is:\n\n \ta stone or concrete structure on navigable water used for loading and unloading vessels; a wharf.\n\nIt comes from the Middle English key(e) [\u02c8k\u025bi\u032f(\u0259)] (quay), from the Old...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/quay.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5805\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2222-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/quay.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/quay.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/quay.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/quay.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=2222-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/quay.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"quay.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/omniglot\/27929539677\/in\/album-72157697448379964\/\" title=\"Nyhavn, Copenhagen \/ K\u00f8benhavn\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/1730\/27929539677_143c4b417c_z.jpg\" alt=\"Nyhavn, Copenhagen \/ K\u00f8benhavn\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\"><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Today we are unloading the origins of the word <strong>quay<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>A <strong>quay<\/strong> [ki\u02d0\/ke\u026a] is:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a stone or concrete structure on navigable water used for loading and unloading vessels; a wharf.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It comes from the Middle English <em>key(e)<\/em> [\u02c8k\u025bi\u032f(\u0259)] (quay), from the Old French <em>kay \/ cail<\/em> (quay, wharf), from the Gaulish <em>*kagyum \/ *cagi\u00edum<\/em> (enclosure), from the Proto-Celtic <em>*kagyom<\/em> (pen, enclosure), from the Proto-Indo-European <em>*kag\u02b0y\u00f3m<\/em> (enclosure, hedge) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/quay#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>The spelling <strong>quay<\/strong> was adopted in the 1690s to emulate the French spelling <strong>quai<\/strong>. In Middle English it was spelled <em>kay<\/em>, <em>kaye<\/em>, <em>key<\/em> or <em>keye<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Other words from the Proto-Celtic root <em>*kagyom<\/em> include <strong>cae<\/strong> [ka\u02d0\u0268\u032f\/kai\u032f] (hedge, fence, field, enclosure) in Welsh, <strong>ke<\/strong> (fence, hedge) in Cornish, <strong>kae<\/strong> (hedge, quay) in Breton, <strong>quai<\/strong> (quay, wharf, platform) in French, and <strong>cais<\/strong> (quay, wharf, pier) in Portuguese [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/kagyom\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Words for <strong>quay<\/strong> in the Celtic languages come from the same Proto-Celtic root, via Middle English \/ Anglo-Norman and Gaulish. They include <strong>cidhe<\/strong> [k\u02b2i.\u0259] in Scottish Gaelic, <strong>c\u00e9<\/strong> in Irish, and <strong>cei<\/strong> [kei\u032f] in Welsh [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/cuniclus#Latin\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/aNRD_Phe1Wo\">video<\/a> I made of this information:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aNRD_Phe1Wo\" title=\"YouTube video player\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Video made with <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/37vAg5P\">Doodly<\/a> [afflilate link].<\/p>\n<p>I also write about words, etymology and other language-related topics on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/\">Omniglot Blog<\/a>, and I explore etymological connections between Celtic languages on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/\">Celtiadur<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can also listen to this podcast on: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/gb\/podcast\/radio-omniglot\/id1432641094\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/music.amazon.com\/podcasts\/8b1b1d1b-b39e-4277-b28d-479a3b5043b3\/radio-omniglot\">Amazon Music<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/podcast\/radio-omniglot\">Stitcher<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Education-Podcasts\/Radio-Omniglot-p1154145\/\">TuneIn<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.podchaser.com\/podcasts\/radio-omniglot-716327\">Podchaser<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/player.fm\/series\/radio-omniglot\">PlayerFM<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/podtail.com\/da\/podcast\/radio-omniglot\/\">podtail<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to support this podcast, you can make a donation via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/uk\/cgi-bin\/webscr?cmd=_flow&amp;SESSION=aLjPfXL-vP_1gQ_U23Iz8_hSWLlhzLHPMFZrt32dIEfG8htoNFLYaPoWkv8&amp;dispatch=5885d80a13c0db1f8e263663d3faee8def8934b92a630e40b7fef61ab7e9fe63\">PayPal<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/omniglot\">Patreon<\/a>, or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/donations.htm\">contribute to Omniglot in other ways<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.japanesepod101.com\/member\/go.php?r=759259&amp;i=b0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/banners\/banner_japanesepod.jpg\" alt=\"The Fastest Way to Learn Japanese Guaranteed with JapanesePod101.com\" width=\"630\" height=\"83\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Adventures in Etymology &amp;#8211; Quay\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2022-10-01T15:22:24+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"\n\nToday we are unloading the origins of the word quay.\n\nA quay [ki\u02d0\/ke\u026a] is:\n\n \ta stone or concrete structure on navigable water used for loading and unloading vessels; a wharf.\n\nIt comes from the Middle English key(e) [\u02c8k\u025bi\u032f(\u0259)] (quay), from the Old...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/quay.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5806\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2222-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/quay.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/quay.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/quay.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/quay.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=2222-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/quay.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"quay.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>Today we are unloading the origins of the word quay. A quay [ki\u02d0\/ke\u026a] is: a stone or concrete structure on navigable water used for loading and unloading vessels; a wharf. It comes from the Middle English key(e) [\u02c8k\u025bi\u032f(\u0259)] (quay), from the Old French kay \/ cail (quay, wharf), from the Gaulish *kagyum \/ *cagi\u00edum (enclosure), [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[98,124,38,37,56,23,117,6,4,58,109,1,27,94,59,5,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventures-in-etymology","category-anglo-norman-norman","category-breton","category-cornish","category-etymology","category-french","category-gaulish","category-irish","category-language","category-middle-english","category-old-french-franceis","category-podcast","category-portuguese","category-proto-celtic","category-proto-indo-european","category-scottish-gaelic","category-welsh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2222"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2224,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2222\/revisions\/2224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}