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Where does “kijker” come from?

kijker (Dutch) comes from Dutch -er, from Old Dutch -āri, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.

kijker (Dutch): telescope; pair of binoculars; viewer

Definitions

  1. telescope; pair of binoculars; viewer

Ancestry of “kijker”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutch-erForms agent nouns from verbs; Forms nouns for a...
2Old Dutch-āri—
3Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
4Latin-ārius—
5Proto-Italic*-āzios—

Words derived from “kijker”

  • toneelkijker
  • veldkijker
  • verrekijker
  • kikkert
  • kikkertsikte
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