Where does “keik” come from?

keik (Middle Scots) comes from Middle English kiken, from Middle Dutch kīken, from Old Dutch kīkan, from Proto-West Germanic kīkan, from Proto-Germanic kīkaną — to look, peep.

keik (Middle Scots): to peep

Definitions

  1. to peep

Ancestry of “keik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishkikento strike out with the foot
2Middle Dutchkīkento look, to direct the eyes
3Old Dutchkīkan—
4Proto-West Germanickīkanto look, to peep
5Proto-Germanickīkanąto look, peep

Words derived from “keik”

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