Kayar

History in a word. Shetland may be described as remote but in fact it has always been a central place, and the history of Shaetlan is one of constant contact with other languages. The word kayar ('coir') for example, is practically unchanged from its Malayalam original kāyar. The only change is that the stress has moved from the first to the second syllable. The English coir came via the Portuguese version of kāyar (cairo, 1st attestation 1510 / coyro, 1st attestation 1516). The fact that Shaetlan kayar is so close to the original indicates that it came into the language straight from Malayalam, spoken on the other side of the world.