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Where does “chicaner” come from?

chicaner (Middle French) comes from Middle Low German schicken, from Old Saxon *skikkian, from Proto-Germanic *skikkijan.

Ancestry of “chicaner”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanschicken—
2Old Saxon*skikkian—
3Proto-Germanic*skikkijan—

Words derived from “chicaner”

  • Chicana
  • chicanery
  • chicane
  • chicanear
  • chicana
  • chicane
  • chicaneur
  • chicanerie
  • chicaner
  • schikanieren
  • schikanös
  • Schikane
  • ĉikani
  • ĉikanema
  • chicaneren
  • шикана
  • шиканирати
  • šikanirati
  • šikana
  • chikane
  • šikana
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