Where does “kiikama” come from?

kiikama (Estonian) comes from Middle Low German kîken, from Old Saxon kīkan, from Proto-West Germanic kīkan, from Proto-Germanic kīkaną — to look, peep.

kiikama (Estonian): to take a look, to keek, to peek

Definitions

  1. to take a look, to keek, to peek

Ancestry of “kiikama”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germankîkento look, peep
2Old Saxonkīkanto look
3Proto-West Germanickīkanto look, to peep
4Proto-Germanickīkanąto look, peep
Every word from Proto-Germanic kīkaną →
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