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Where does “chicaneren” come from?

chicaneren (Dutch) comes from French chicaner, from Middle French chicaner, from Middle Low German schicken, from Old Saxon *skikkian, from Proto-Germanic *skikkijan.

chicaneren (Dutch): to cavil, to pettifog; to quarrel

Definitions

  1. to cavil, to pettifog; to quarrel

Ancestry of “chicaneren”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchchicanerto get into an argument; to quibble, squabble
2Middle Frenchchicaner—
3Middle Low Germanschicken—
4Old Saxon*skikkian—
5Proto-Germanic*skikkijan—
Every word from Proto-Germanic *skikkijan →