Where does “Stiernkjikja” come from?

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

Stiernkjikja (Plautdietsch): stargazer person who looks at stars

Definitions

  1. stargazer person who looks at stars

Ancestry of “Stiernkjikja”, step by step

Stiernkjikja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Plautdietsch Kjikja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschKjikjapupil of the eye
2Plautdietschkjikjento look perceive with the eyes
3Middle Low Germankîkento look, peep
4Old Saxonkīkanto look
5Proto-West Germanickīkanto look, to peep
6Proto-Germanickīkanąto look, peep

via Plautdietsch Stiern

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschStiernstar
2Middle Low Germansterne—
3Old Saxon*stirna—
4Proto-West Germanicstirnijuforehead
Every word from Proto-Germanic kīkaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic kīkan →Every word from Old Saxon kīkan →
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