Etymology Explorer › Middle Low German

Where does “kuken” come from?

kuken (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon kiukīn, from Proto-Germanic *kiukīn.

Ancestry of “kuken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonkiukīn—
2Proto-Germanic*kiukīn—

Words derived from “kuken”

  • Kükenvermuser
  • Gänseküken
  • Entenküken
  • Küken
Every word from Proto-Germanic *kiukīn →