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Where does “jeuken” come from?

jeuken (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch joken, from Old Dutch jukken, from Proto-West Germanic *jukkjan.

jeuken (Dutch): to itch

Definitions

  1. to itch

Ancestry of “jeuken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchjoken—
2Old Dutchjukken—
3Proto-West Germanic*jukkjan—

Words derived from “jeuken”

  • jeuk
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *jukkjan →