Where does “kikare” come from?

kikare (Swedish) comes from Swedish kika, from Middle Low German kîken, from Old Saxon kīkan, from Proto-West Germanic kīkan, from Proto-Germanic kīkaną — to look, peep.

kikare (Swedish): binoculars

Definitions

  1. binoculars

Ancestry of “kikare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishkikato look
2Middle Low Germankîkento look, peep
3Old Saxonkīkanto look
4Proto-West Germanickīkanto look, to peep
5Proto-Germanickīkanąto look, peep

Words derived from “kikare”

Every word from Proto-Germanic kīkaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic kīkan →Every word from Old Saxon kīkan →
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