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Where does “juki” come from?

juki (Esperanto) comes from German Jucken, from Middle High German jücken, from Old High German jucchen, from Proto-West Germanic *jukkjan.

juki (Esperanto): to itch

Definitions

  1. to itch

Ancestry of “juki”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanJuckenitching
2Middle High Germanjücken—
3Old High Germanjucchento itch
4Proto-West Germanic*jukkjan—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *jukkjan →