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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not given an etymology or cognates (even in Breton or Cornish) by GPC. Maybe borrowed from Englishcase then, with semantic shift "case" > "application, request" > "attempt, effort"? Alternatively, related to Latinquaerō(“to seek, ask, endeavor”)?”
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
References
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cais”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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Etymology
This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Ratliff lists this as a native word. Looks like it could be borrowed from Chinese拆(“to dismantle”), though.”
