Etymograph

English

kiiking

Kiiking comes from Estonian kiik ‘a device used for swinging’.

  1. Estonianmodernkiik‘a device used for swinging’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2017kiiking

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Estonianmodernkiik‘a device used for swinging’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2017kiiking

Earliest quotation: 2017, Eric Grundhauser, Inside the High-Flying World of Estonian Extreme Swinging: “Even in Estonia, Laansalu says that while most people…”

Every English word from Estonian kiik

Today it means

noun An Estonian extreme sport involving a person making a swing known as a kiik gain increasingly more momentum.

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Etymograph / Estonian kiik / kiiking

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