perhaps the arabic word "fikr" (meaning thinking, meditation and in urdu
which is a live language in india and pakistan, fikr is used to mean worry)
is the source of them all.

amazing how languages converge and diverge.
PG
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On 4/1/08, Nina van Gorkom <vangorko@...> wrote:
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> Dear Piya,
> Op 1-apr-2008, om 3:19 heeft Piya Tan het volgende geschreven:
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> > Does piekeren comes from pieker (BI pikir; BM fikir)?
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> N: The opposite, a Dutch loanword in Bahasa.
> Nina.
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