Where does “kiken” come from?
kiken (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch kīkan, from Proto-West Germanic kīkan, from Proto-Germanic kīkaną — to look, peep.
Ancestry of “kiken”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Dutch | kīkan | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | kīkan | to look, to peep |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | kīkaną | to look, peep |
Words derived from “kiken”