Where does “chicanery” come from?

Chicanery comes from French chicanerie, derived from French chicaner, traced to Proto-Germanic skikkijaną and Proto-Indo-European skeg-.

chicanery (English): Deception by use of trickery, quibbling, or...

Definitions

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	French	chicanerie	niggling; hairsplitting
2	French	chicaner	to get into an argument; to quibble, squabble
3	Middle French	chicaner	—
4	Middle Low German	schicken	—
5	Old Saxon	*skikkian	—
6	Proto-Germanic	*skikkijan	—

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