Where does “kyk” come from?
kyk (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch kijken, from Middle Dutch kīken, from Old Dutch kīkan, from Proto-West Germanic kīkan, from Proto-Germanic kīkaną — to look, peep.
kyk (Afrikaans): to look; to watch; to browse
Definitions
- to look; to watch; to browse
Ancestry of “kyk”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | kijken | to look; to watch , to observe |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | kīken | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | kīkan | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | kīkan | to look, to peep |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | kīkaną | to look, peep |