An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Kaue

by Friedrich Kluge

Kaue, feminine, ‘coop, cage, pen,’ from Middle High German kouwe (köwe), feminine, ‘miner's hut or shed over a shaft’ (Old High German *kouwa, Gothic *kaujô, are wanting); from Latin cavea (intermediate form cauja?), ‘cavity.’ See also Käfig.