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Where does “šikanirati” come from?

šikanirati (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German schikanieren, from French chicaner, from Middle French chicaner, from Middle Low German schicken, from Old Saxon *skikkian, from Proto-Germanic *skikkijan.

šikanirati (Serbo-Croatian): to bully, harass

Definitions

  1. to bully, harass

Ancestry of “šikanirati”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanschikanierento bully, to harass
2Frenchchicanerto get into an argument; to quibble, squabble
3Middle Frenchchicaner—
4Middle Low Germanschicken—
5Old Saxon*skikkian—
6Proto-Germanic*skikkijan—
Every word from Proto-Germanic *skikkijan →