Source etymology 1 · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗To strike or hit with the foot or other extremity of the leg. · To make a sharp jerking movement of the leg, as to strike something. · To direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg. · To eject summarily.
From Middle English kyken (“to strike out with the foot”), from Old Norse kikna (“to sink at the knees”) and keikja (“to bend backwards”) (compare Old Norse keikr (“bent backwards, the belly jutting forward”)), from Proto-Germanic *kaikaz (“bent backwards”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *kī-, *kij- (“to split, dodge, swerve sidewards”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeyH- (“to sprout, shoot”). Compare also Dutch kijken (“to look”), Middle Low German kīken (“to look, watch”). See keek.
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- Inherited-form mentionkykenenm · to strike out with the foot
- Derivation mentionkiknanon · to sink at the knees
- Cognate mentionkeikrnon · bent backwards, the belly jutting forward
- Derivation mention*kaikazgem-pro · bent backwards
- Derivation mention*kī-gem-pro
- Derivation mention*ǵeyH-ine-pro · to sprout, shoot
- Cognate mentionkijkennl · to look
- Cognate mentionkīkengml · to look, watch
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