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

Definitions

  1. glass marble

Ancestry of “canica”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchcaniqueA playing marble; testicle
2Dutchknikkera marble; various similarly shaped objects,...
3Dutchknikkento nod as in to express agreement
4Proto-Germanicknikkonąto fold, snap
Every word from Proto-Germanic knikkoną →Every word from Dutch knikken →Every word from Dutch knikker →
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