Where does “Kjikja” come from?

Kjikja (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch kjikjen, from Middle Low German kîken, from Old Saxon kīkan, from Proto-West Germanic kīkan, from Proto-Germanic kīkaną — to look, peep.

Kjikja (Plautdietsch): pupil of the eye

Definitions

  1. pupil of the eye

Ancestry of “Kjikja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Plautdietschkjikjento look perceive with the eyes
2Middle Low Germankîkento look, peep
3Old Saxonkīkanto look
4Proto-West Germanickīkanto look, to peep
5Proto-Germanickīkanąto look, peep

Words derived from “Kjikja”

Every word from Proto-Germanic kīkaną →