Where does “kiikari” come from?

kiikari (Finnish) comes 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.

kiikari (Finnish): binoculars

Definitions

  1. binoculars

Ancestry of “kiikari”, step by step

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

Words derived from “kiikari”

Every word from Proto-Germanic kīkaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic kīkan →Every word from Old Saxon kīkan →