Where does “Jucken” come from?

Jucken (German) comes from Middle High German jücken, from Old High German jucchen, from Proto-West Germanic *jukkjan — to itch.

Jucken (German): itching

Definitions

  1. itching

Ancestry of “Jucken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanjücken—
2Old High Germanjucchento itch
3Proto-West Germanic*jukkjanto itch

Words derived from “Jucken”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *jukkjan →Every word from Old High German jucchen →Every word from Middle High German jücken →