Kaik
/keɪk/noun
A Scots verb meaning to peep, spy, or look furtively.
Did you know?Kaik is a Scots variant of keek, a family of words associated with furtive looking and preserved in Scottish dialect literature.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic period
Germanic
*kīkijaną
“To peep or look stealthily; reconstructed Germanic form”
Old Norse
Old Norse
kíkja
“To peep, peer, or look closely”
Middle English
English
kiken
“To peep or look furtively”
Middle Scots
Scots
keek
“To peep, spy, or take a secret look”
Modern Scots
Scots
kaik
“A dialectal variant of keek: to peep or spy”