quoy

From the Norn reflex of Old Norse kví (“enclosure”).

quoy (plural quoys)

1. (Scotland, chiefly in place names) An area of wasteland (or common land) now enclosed for farming.

quoy

1. Obsolete spelling of quoi.

• quoi

quoy

1. what
   • 1602, Laurent de Paris, Le palais d'amour divin de Jésus, et de l'âme chrestienne ou toute personne tant religieuse que séculière peut apprendre à aymer Dieu en Dieu, page 9:

     A quoy pensez vous ?

     What are you thinking about?

2. (interjective) what? (indicates surprise or anger)

• Like modern French quoi, chiefly used after prepositions such as à, de, comme, etc.

• quoi on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)