Where does “kiken” come from?

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

kiken (Middle English): to strike out with the foot

Definitions

  1. to strike out with the foot

Ancestry of “kiken”, step by step

kiken traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Dutch kīken

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchkīkento look, to direct the eyes
2Old Dutchkīkan—
3Proto-West Germanickīkanto look, to peep
4Proto-Germanickīkanąto look, peep

via Middle Low German kîken

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germankîkento look, peep
2Old Saxonkīkanto look
3Proto-Germanic*kīkan—

Words derived from “kiken”

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