Where does “tubkikare” come from?

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

tubkikare (Swedish): a spotting scope

Definitions

  1. a spotting scope

Ancestry of “tubkikare”, step by step

tubkikare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish kikare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishkikarebinoculars
2Swedishkikato look
3Middle Low Germankîkento look, peep
4Old Saxonkīkanto look
5Proto-West Germanickīkanto look, to peep
6Proto-Germanickīkanąto look, peep

via Swedish tub

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishtuba tube (container)
2EnglishtubeAnything that is hollow and cylindrical in shape;...
3Middle Frenchtubeconduit; canal; pipe
4Latintubustube, pipe; trumpet used at sacrifices
5LatintubaA long trumpet over 1 meter in length; tube
Every word from Proto-Germanic kīkaną →