Where does “kijken” come from?

kijken (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch kīken, from Old Dutch kīkan, from Proto-West Germanic kīkan, from Proto-Germanic kīkaną — to look, peep.

kijken (Dutch): to look

Definitions

  1. to look

Ancestry of “kijken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchkīkento look, to direct the eyes
2Old Dutchkīkan—
3Proto-West Germanickīkanto look, to peep
4Proto-Germanickīkanąto look, peep

Words derived from “kijken”

Every word from Proto-Germanic kīkaną →