key

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Synoniemen

key fruit

Florida key

depressed key

key out

key-note

map symbol

state of health

tamber

tender spot

cut to ribbons

lay waste to

piano key

typewriter key

graphic illustration

key point

lock and key

press-button

key-like thing

music scale

decisive factor

concatenated key

critical field

choke stone

key set

detailed schemed solution

graphic example

graphical symbols, conventional signs

graphical sym. bols

il.

crown stone

key stone

pusher-button

BP button

snap button

machine key

canonical key

address

conciliate

conventional sign

Frequentie

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Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/kiː/
Etymologie (Engels)

From Middle English keye, kaye, keiȝe, from Old English cǣġ (“key, solution, experiment”) (whence also Scots key and kay (“key”)), of uncertain origin. The only sure cognates are Saterland Frisian Koai (“key”), West Frisian kaai (“key”), and North Frisian kay (“key”). Possibly from Proto-Germanic *kēgaz, *kēguz (“stake, post, pole”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵogʰ-, *ǵegʰ-, *ǵegʰn- (“branch, stake, bush”), which would make it cognate with Middle Low German kāk (“whipping post, pillory”), and perhaps to Middle Dutch keige (“javelin, spear”) and Middle Low German keie, keige (“spear”). For the semantic development, note that medieval keys were simply long poles (ending in a hook) with which a crossbar obstructing a door from the inside could be removed from the outside, by lifting it through a hole in the door. Liberman has noted, however, "The original meaning of *kaig-jo- was presumably '*pin with a twisted end.' Words with the root *kai- followed by a consonant meaning 'crooked, bent; twisted' are common only in the North Germanic languages."

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