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in reply to a message by Ciarda
As Kaleko says, the German word is "Kai". This is from Dutch "kaai", but it is said to go back to a Gaulish word "caio" meaning "enclosure, hedge". Some say, the name Kai (or Kay, Cai, Cei) in the story of King Arthur may be derived from this word.
KAI has also been explained as a Frisian variant of KLAUS (Kaei > Klaei > Klais > Klaes).
Others say, it's a Frisian short form of Gerhard.
CAIUS seems indeed to be of obscure origin. Some tries:
- "Man from Caieta" (a city now called Gaete, nw of Naples)
- from Greek "gaios" (rural)
- from Greek "gaio" (I am happy)
This is not neccessarily from reliable sources. Obscure indeed.
This leaves Sky Dumont, the actor. The story has it, that his elder brother misunderstood the name, when his mother returned from hospital with the new born baby. Sky's name was Cayetano and his mother said to his brother: "This is Cay." But he heard "This is Sky."
KAI has also been explained as a Frisian variant of KLAUS (Kaei > Klaei > Klais > Klaes).
Others say, it's a Frisian short form of Gerhard.
CAIUS seems indeed to be of obscure origin. Some tries:
- "Man from Caieta" (a city now called Gaete, nw of Naples)
- from Greek "gaios" (rural)
- from Greek "gaio" (I am happy)
This is not neccessarily from reliable sources. Obscure indeed.
This leaves Sky Dumont, the actor. The story has it, that his elder brother misunderstood the name, when his mother returned from hospital with the new born baby. Sky's name was Cayetano and his mother said to his brother: "This is Cay." But he heard "This is Sky."
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