Where does “kike” come from?

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

kike (Norwegian Bokmål): to look; to glance; to peek, peep

Definitions

  1. to look; to glance; to peek, peep

Ancestry of “kike”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskkiketo look; to glance; to peek, peep
2Middle Low Germankîkento look, peep
3Old Saxonkīkanto look
4Proto-West Germanickīkanto look, to peep
5Proto-Germanickīkanąto look, peep
Every word from Proto-Germanic kīkaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic kīkan →Every word from Old Saxon kīkan →
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