Where does “kīkan” come from?

kīkan (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic kīkan, from Proto-Germanic kīkaną — to look, peep.

Ancestry of “kīkan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanickīkanto look, to peep
2Proto-Germanickīkanąto look, peep

Words derived from “kīkan

Every word from Proto-Germanic kīkanąEvery word from Proto-West Germanic kīkan