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Where does “kīkan” come from?

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

kīkan (Old Saxon): to look

Definitions

  1. to look

Ancestry of “kīkan”, step by step

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

Words derived from “kīkan”

  • pick
  • peak
  • picking
  • kick
  • kicking
  • pickup
  • peep
  • kicks
  • peek
  • peck
  • toothpick
  • kicker
  • picky
  • peephole
  • pickpocket
  • kickback
  • kickboxing
  • kickball
  • pickguard
  • nitpicking
  • peckish
  • peeper
  • forepeak
  • peaky
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