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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | schicken | — |
| 2 | Old Saxon | *skikkian | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *skikkijan | — |