Where does “keken” come from?
keken (Middle English) comes from Middle Dutch kiken, from Old Dutch kīkan, from Proto-West Germanic kīkan, from Proto-Germanic kīkaną — to look, peep.
keken (Middle English): to look, peep
Ancestry of “keken”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Dutch | kiken | to look, to direct the eyes |
| 2 | Old Dutch | kīkan | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | kīkan | to look, to peep |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | kīkaną | to look, peep |
Words derived from “keken”