Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kīkaną
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editUnknown. 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.
Pronunciation
editVerb
edit*kīkaną
Inflection
editConjugation of *kīkaną (strong class 1)
Descendants
edit- Proto-West Germanic: *kīkan
- ⇒ Old Frisian: *kīkia
- Old Saxon: kīkan
- Middle Low German: kîken
- Old Dutch: *kīcan
- → Estonian: kiikama