• Successful_Try543
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    5
    ·
    edit-2
    4 months ago

    Kaiser actually is one of the few German words with ‘ai’ instead of ‘ei’ and reflects basically the Roman pronounciation of Caesar.
    Btw: Pronouncing ‘C’ as ‘ts / z’ instead of ‘k’ has been a Germanic thing already back then.