Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kīkaną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Unknown. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ikos, related to Proto-Italic *kaikos, in which case it would be a doublet of *haihaz (“one-eyed”).

Perhaps related to German gucken (“to watch, look”), but this word is itself of obscure origin.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkiː.kɑ.nɑ̃/

*kīkaną

1. to look, peep

• Proto-West Germanic: *kīkan
  • ⇒ Old Frisian: *kīkia
    • West Frisian: kytse
    • Saterland Frisian: kiekje
  • Old Saxon: kīkan
    • Middle Low German: kîken
      • Low German: kieken
        • → Dutch: kieken
      • Plautdietsch: kjikjen
      • → Middle English: kiken, keken, kyken
        • Scots: keek
        • English: keek
      • → German: kieken
      • → Icelandic: kíkja
      • → Faroese: kika
      • → Norn: kika
      • → Norwegian Nynorsk: kika, kikka
        • → Norwegian Bokmål: kike
      • → Swedish: kika
        • → Finnish: tsiigata
      • → Danish: kigge, kikke, kige (dialect)
        • Norwegian Bokmål: kikke
      • → Gutnish: keike, keik', keika
  • Old Dutch: *kīcan
    • Middle Dutch: kiken
      • Dutch: kijken
        • Afrikaans: kyk
• → Estonian: kiikama