Where does “kiiking” come from?

kiiking (English) comes from Estonian kiik, from Proto-Finnic kiikkudak — to swing, to seesaw.

kiiking (English): An Estonian extreme sport involving a person making a swing known as a kiik gain increasingly more momentum

Definitions

  1. An Estonian extreme sport involving a person making a swing known as a kiik gain increasingly more momentum

Ancestry of “kiiking”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estoniankiikswing; seesaw
2Proto-Finnickiikkudakto swing, to seesaw
Every word from Proto-Finnic kiikkudak →Every word from Estonian kiik →