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
Ancestry of “kiikari”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Swedish | kikare | binoculars |
| 2 | Swedish | kika | to look |
| 3 | Middle Low German | kîken | to look, peep |
| 4 | Old Saxon | kīkan | to look |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | kīkan | to look, to peep |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | kīkaną | to look, peep |
Words derived from “kiikari”