Where does “haarakiikari” come from?

haarakiikari (Finnish) comes from Finnish kiikari, from Swedish kikare, from Swedish kika, from Middle Low German kîken, from Old Saxon kīkan, from Proto-West Germanic kīkan, from Proto-Germanic kīkaną — to look, peep.

haarakiikari (Finnish): scissor binoculars

Definitions

  1. scissor binoculars

Ancestry of “haarakiikari”, step by step

haarakiikari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kiikari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkiikaribinoculars
2Swedishkikarebinoculars
3Swedishkikato look
4Middle Low Germankîkento look, peep
5Old Saxonkīkanto look
6Proto-West Germanickīkanto look, to peep
7Proto-Germanickīkanąto look, peep

via Finnish haara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhaarabranch; fork, bifurcation; offshoot
2Proto-Finnichaarabranch
Every word from Proto-Germanic kīkaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic kīkan →Every word from Old Saxon kīkan →
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