Where does “kikke” come from?

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

kikke (Norwegian Nynorsk): to look; to glance; to peek, peep

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “kikke”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germankîkento look, peep
2Old Saxonkīkanto look
3Proto-West Germanickīkanto look, to peep
4Proto-Germanickīkanąto look, peep
Every word from Proto-Germanic kīkaną →