Old Spanish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Hebrew קַיִן (káyin).

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

Caym m

  1. (biblical) Cain
    • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 1v:
      de lãt ebrõ mato caẏm a abel ſo ermano.
      It was outside Hebron that Cain killed his brother Abel.

Descendants edit

  • Spanish: Caín

See also edit