tay (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict[tay 词源字典]
mid-15c., "case, sheath," from French teie (Old French toie "pillowcase, cushion-cover), from Latin theca, from Greek theke "case to put something in" (see theco-). As "outer membrane of the brain" from 1560s.[tay etymology, tay origin, 英语词源]