haye · noun1
- Old Norse · derived fromhái
- West Flemish · derived fromhaaie
- Dutch · derived fromhaai“shark”
- English todayhaye
From Dutch haai (“shark”) or West Flemish haaie (formerly haeye), from the Old Norse hái, a short form of hákarl (“shark”) (a compound of há- (“marks fish of the shark kind”) + karl (“a man”)). The German Hai, the Swedish haj and the Danish haj are from the same source.
haye · noun2
See hay.
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