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出典:『Wiktionary』 (2026/04/02 01:13 UTC 版)
Named after Heinrich Kayser.
kayser (plural kaysers)
Often taken as borrowed from Old High German keisar, from Proto-West Germanic *kaisar, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar, though borrowing from Old Norse keisari (from Old Saxon *keisari, from the same Proto-West Germanic source) has sometimes been posited instead; Dance prefers this on the basis of forms with final /ə/ (traditionally explained as assimilation to the synonym casere), asserting that those without it come from syncope before the final /s/ in the plural which was then levelled into the singular, while Björkman hypothesises a blend of both etymologies.