Where does “kieken” come from?

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

kieken (German): to look; to glance

Definitions

  1. to look; to glance

Ancestry of “kieken”, step by step

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

Words derived from “kieken”

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