kaito-

    kaito-

    English meaning: forest

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “Wald, unbebauter Landstrich”

    Note: (Celt. and Gmc.)

    Material: O.Welsh coit, Welsh coed “wood, forest”, O.Corn. cuit, M.Corn. coys, cos ds., Bret. coet, coat “wood, forest, spinney”, Gaul. PN Καιτό-βριξ, Cēto-briga, Eto-cētum under likewise (die Lateere rom. pronunciation -zētum lies den Ger. place names auf -scheid am linken Rheinufer the basic); Goth. haiÞi f., O.Ice. heiðr, O.E. hǣ ð, Eng. heath, O.H.G. heida f. Heidekraut”, M.H.G. heide f. “Heide”; besides O.E. *hüð, Eng. dial. hoath; Proto-Gmc. *haiÞanas ‘steppenbewohnend, wild”, probably Lehnũbersetzung from Lat. pügünus (: pügus “land”), in addition Goth. haiÞnō f. Heidin”, O.Ice. heiðinn, O.E. hǣ ðen, Eng. heathen, asächs. hēthin , O.H.G. heidan, heidin, heidanisk “heidnisch”; different W. Schulze Kl. Schriften 521 ff. about Lat. būcētum “cow-heard” s. WH. I 120, Vendryes RC 48, 398.

    References: WP. I 328 f., Feist 237 f.