huiken

== Dutch == === Etymology 1 === See huik ==== Pronunciation ==== ==== Noun ==== huiken plural of huik === Etymology 2 === From Middle Dutch hūken, from Proto-Germanic *hūkaną (“to squat”), from *hūkkan-, back-formed from the iterative *huk(k)ōn-, from Proto-Indo-European *kuk-néh₂, from *kewk- (“to curve, bend”) (also the source of English high). ==== Verb ==== huiken (archaic) to squat, to bend (through the knees) ===== Conjugation ===== === References ===