Where does “kîken” come from?

kîken (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon kīkan, from Proto-West Germanic kīkan, from Proto-Germanic kīkaną — to look, peep.

kîken (Middle Low German): to look, peep

Definitions

  1. to look, peep

Ancestry of “kîken”, step by step

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

Words derived from “kîken”

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