Where does “איבערקוקן” come from?

איבערקוקן (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish קוקן, from Middle High German gücken.

איבערקוקן (Yiddish): to look over, inspect

Definitions

  1. to look over, inspect

Ancestry of “איבערקוקן”, step by step

איבערקוקן traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish קוקן

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1YiddishקוקןTo look at
2Middle High Germangücken—

via Yiddish איבער־

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishאיבער־über-, over-, super-, supra-, preter-, meta-
Every word from Middle High German gücken →Every word from Yiddish קוקן →