*kaisaraz

Runic: ᚲᚨᛁᛊᚨᚱᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈkɑi̯.sɑ.rɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

emperor (of Rome)

Etymology

Borrowed at a post-Proto-Germanic stage from Latin Caesar. According to Ringe, the Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌹𐍃𐌰𐍂 (kaisar) is an independent borrowing.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.kaisarazkaisarōz, kaisarōs
Acc.kaisarąkaisaranz
Gen.kaisaras, kaisariskaisarǫ̂
Dat.kaisaraikaisaramaz
Inst.kaisarōkaisaramiz
Voc.kaisarkaisarōz, kaisarōs

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Descendants

  • *kaisar (Proto-West Germanic)
    • keiser (Old Dutch)
      • keiser (Middle Dutch)
        • keizer (Dutch)
  • *kaisar (Proto-West Germanic)
    • cāsere, cāsaer, cāser, kāsere (Old English)
      • casere, kasere, caser, casare, kasar (Middle English)
        • casar, casere, cazard (Middle Scots)
  • *kaisar (Proto-West Germanic)
    • kaiser, keiser (Old Frisian)
      • Kaiser (Saterland Frisian)
      • keizer (West Frisian)
  • *kaisar (Proto-West Germanic)
    • keisar, keisur (Old High German)
      • kayser, caisare, caiser, caisoure, cayser, caysere, kaiser, kaisere, keiser (Middle English)
        • Kaiser, kaiser (English)
          • Kaiser (Scots)
  • *kaisar (Proto-West Germanic)
    • keisar, keisur (Old High German)
      • keiser (Middle High German)
        • Keeser (Luxembourgish)
        • קייסער (keyser) (Yiddish)
  • *kaisar (Proto-West Germanic)
    • keisar, keisur (Old High German)
      • keiser (Middle High German)
        • Kaiser, Kayser, Käiser, Käyser, Keiser, Keyser (German)
          • ка́йзер (kájzer, kájzɛr) (Russian)
          • kejžor (Upper Sorbian)
  • *kaisar (Proto-West Germanic)
    • kēsar, *keisari (Old Saxon)
      • *keisere (Middle Low German)
        • Kjeisa (Plautdietsch)
  • *kaisar (Proto-West Germanic)
    • kēsar, *keisari (Old Saxon)
      • keisari (Old Norse)
        • kejser (Danish)
        • keisari (Faroese)
        • kaisare (Gutnish)
        • keisari (Icelandic)
        • ? (Norwegian)
  • *kaisar (Proto-West Germanic)
    • kēsar, *keisari (Old Saxon)
      • keisari (Old Norse)
        • keysar, keysare (Old Swedish)
          • keisari (Finnish)
          • kejsare (Swedish)
  • Kjárr (Old Norse)
  • *Kéarr (Old Norse)
  • *cěsařь (Proto-Slavic)

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