Etymology

kye

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Middle English ky ← Old English cȳ
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kye · noun1

  1. Old English · inherited fromcȳ“cows”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromky
  3. English todaykye

From Middle English ky, kye, from Old English cȳ (“cows”), plural of cū (“cow”). Cognate with Dutch koeien (“cows”), German Kühe (“cows”), Danish køer (“cows”), Icelandic kýr (“cows”). More at cow and compare kine (“cows”).

kye · noun2

  1. Korean · borrowed from계(契)
  2. Korean · borrowed from계(契)
  3. English todaykye

Borrowed from Korean 계(契) (gye).

Kye · proper noun3

Possibly a modern phonetic rendering of Kai, or a short form of Kyle and Kyler.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishcȳ all →

Keele

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