Where does “tsiigata” come from?

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

tsiigata (Finnish): to watch, look

Definitions

  1. to watch, look

Ancestry of “tsiigata”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishkikato look
2Middle Low Germankîkento look, peep
3Old Saxonkīkanto look
4Proto-West Germanickīkanto look, to peep
5Proto-Germanickīkanąto look, peep
Every word from Proto-Germanic kīkaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic kīkan →Every word from Old Saxon kīkan →