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
Ancestry of “kîken”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Saxon | kīkan | to look |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | kīkan | to look, to peep |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | kīkaną | to look, peep |
Words derived from “kîken”