Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kīkan

This Proto-West 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.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kīkaną.

Verb

*kīkan

to look, peep

Inflection

Strong class 1
Infinitive	*kīkan
1st sg. past	*kaik
3rd pl. past	*kikun
Past ptcple	*kikan
Infinitive	*kīkan
Genitive infin.	*kīkannjas
Dative infin.	*kīkannjē
Instrum. infin.	*kīkannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*kīku	*kaik
2nd singular	*kīkiʀi	*kikī
3rd singular	*kīkidi	*kaik
1st plural	*kīkum	*kikum
2nd plural	*kīkid	*kikud
3rd plural	*kīkand	*kikun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*kīkē	*kikī
2nd singular	*kīkēs	*kikī
3rd singular	*kīkē	*kikī
1st plural	*kīkēm	*kikīm
2nd plural	*kīkēþ	*kikīd
3rd plural	*kīkēn	*kikīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*kīk
Plural	*kīkid
	Present	Past
Participle	*kīkandī	*kikan

Descendants

⇒ 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 Bokmål: kikke
  - → Swedish: kika
    - → Finnish: tsiigata
  - → Danish: kigge, kikke, kige (dialect)
  - → Gutnish: keike, keik', keika
Old Dutch: *kīcan
- Middle Dutch: kiken
  - Dutch: kijken
    - Afrikaans: kyk

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