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Where does “[[kikke]], [[kigge]]” come from?

[[kikke]], [[kigge]] (Danish) comes from Middle Low German kîken, from Old Saxon kīkan, from Proto-West Germanic kīkan, from Proto-Germanic kīkaną — to look, peep.

Ancestry of “[[kikke]], [[kigge]]”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germankîkento look, peep
2Old Saxonkīkanto look
3Proto-West Germanickīkanto look, to peep
4Proto-Germanickīkanąto look, peep
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