Where does “kīken” come from?

kīken (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch kīkan, from Proto-West Germanic kīkan, from Proto-Germanic kīkaną — to look, peep.

kīken (Middle Dutch): to look, to direct the eyes

Definitions

  1. to look, to direct the eyes

Ancestry of “kīken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchkīkan—
2Proto-West Germanickīkanto look, to peep
3Proto-Germanickīkanąto look, peep

Words derived from “kīken”

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