Where does “lickeen” come from?

lickeen (Yola) comes from Middle English lokynge, from Old English lōciende, from Old English lōcian, from Proto-West Germanic lōkōn — to look, see.

lickeen (Yola): looking, or looks in face, or appearance

Definitions

  1. looking, or looks in face, or appearance

Ancestry of “lickeen”, step by step

lickeen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English lokynge

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishlokyngeVision, sight; visual perception
2Old Englishlōciende—
3Old Englishlōcianto look, see; to see, behold, look, gaze,...
4Proto-West Germaniclōkōnto look, see

via Yola looke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yolalooketo look at
2Middle Englishlokento look
Every word from Proto-West Germanic lōkōn →Every word from Old English lōcian →Every word from Old English lōciende →