Etymology

canakin

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Today it means: A little can or cup. Full definition →

Middle Dutch kanneken
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  1. Middle Dutch · borrowed fromkanneken
  2. English todaycanakin

From Middle Dutch kanneken, cannekijn (“a little can”), equivalent to can + -kin.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.