*kīkaną

Runic: ᚲᛁᚲᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈkiː.kɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Strong class 1

Meanings

to look, peep

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ikos, related to Proto-Italic *kaikos, in which case it would be a doublet of *haihaz (‘one-eyed’); this is formally problematic, however. Alternatively suggested to be sound-symbolic.

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

Conjugation

Present active

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive	Imperative
1st singular	kīkō	kīkaų	–
2nd singular	kīkizi	kīkaiz	kīk
3rd singular	kīkidi	kīkai	kīkadau
1st dual	kīkōz	kīkaiw	–
2nd dual	kīkadiz	kīkaidiz	kīkadiz
1st plural	kīkamaz	kīkaim	–
2nd plural	kīkid	kīkaid	kīkid
3rd plural	kīkandi	kīkain	kīkandau

Present passive

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	kīkai	–
2nd singular	kīkazai	kīkaizau
3rd singular	kīkadai	kīkaidau
1st dual	–	–
2nd dual	–	–
1st plural	kīkandai	kīkaindau
2nd plural	kīkandai	kīkaindau
3rd plural	kīkandai	kīkaindau

Past

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	kaik	kikį̄
2nd singular	kaiht	kikīz
3rd singular	kaik	kikī
1st dual	kikū	kikīw
2nd dual	kikudiz	kikīdiz
1st plural	kikum	kikīm
2nd plural	kikud	kikīd
3rd plural	kikun	kikīn

Non-finite Forms

Infinitive	Present Participle	Past Participle
kīkaną	kīkandz	kikanaz

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Descendants

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

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