Where does “küken” come from?

küken (German) comes from Middle Low German kuken, from Old Saxon kiukīn, from Proto-Germanic *kiukīn.

küken (German): chick young bird, fledgling, hatchling, squab (of a pigeon or dove))

Definitions

  1. chick young bird, fledgling, hatchling, squab (of a pigeon or dove))

Ancestry of “küken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germankuken—
2Old Saxonkiukīn—
3Proto-Germanic*kiukīn—

Words derived from “küken”

Every word from Proto-Germanic *kiukīn →Every word from Old Saxon kiukīn →Every word from Middle Low German kuken →