Probably from keijua, possibly originally as a shortening of keijukainen (rather than the other way around).
keiju
Inflection of keiju (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | keiju | keijut | ||
genitive | keijun | keijujen | ||
partitive | keijua | keijuja | ||
illative | keijuun | keijuihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | keiju | keijut | ||
accusative | nom. | keiju | keijut | |
gen. | keijun | |||
genitive | keijun | keijujen | ||
partitive | keijua | keijuja | ||
inessive | keijussa | keijuissa | ||
elative | keijusta | keijuista | ||
illative | keijuun | keijuihin | ||
adessive | keijulla | keijuilla | ||
ablative | keijulta | keijuilta | ||
allative | keijulle | keijuille | ||
essive | keijuna | keijuina | ||
translative | keijuksi | keijuiksi | ||
abessive | keijutta | keijuitta | ||
instructive | — | keijuin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
From Portuguese queijo, from Old Galician-Portuguese queijo, from Latin cāseus, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kwh₂et- (“to ferment, become sour”).
keiju