Where does “canica” come from?
canica (Spanish) comes from French canique, from Dutch knikker, from Dutch knikken, from Proto-Germanic knikkoną — to fold, snap.
canica (Spanish): glass marble
Ancestry of “canica”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | canique | A playing marble; testicle |
| 2 | Dutch | knikker | a marble; various similarly shaped objects,... |
| 3 | Dutch | knikken | to nod as in to express agreement |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | knikkoną | to fold, snap |