Where does “kikke” come from?
kikke (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Danish [[kikke]], [[kigge]], from Middle Low German kîken, from Old Saxon kīkan, from Proto-West Germanic kīkan, from Proto-Germanic kīkaną — to look, peep.
kikke (Norwegian Bokmål): to look; to glance; to peek, peep
Definitions
- to look; to glance; to peek, peep
Ancestry of “kikke”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | [[kikke]], [[kigge]] | — |
| 2 | Middle Low German | kîken | to look, peep |
| 3 | Old Saxon | kīkan | to look |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | kīkan | to look, to peep |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | kīkaną | to look, peep |