Where does “prismakiikari” come from?
prismakiikari (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.
prismakiikari (Finnish): prism binoculars
Ancestry of “prismakiikari”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | kiikari | binoculars |
| 2 | Swedish | kikare | binoculars |
| 3 | Swedish | kika | to look |
| 4 | Middle Low German | kîken | to look, peep |
| 5 | Old Saxon | kīkan | to look |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | kīkan | to look, to peep |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | kīkaną | to look, peep |