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): to itch; to bother

Definitions

  1. to itch; to bother

Ancestry of “jucken”, step by step

jucken traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German jücken

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

via Middle High German jucken

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanjucken—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *jukkjan →Every word from Old High German jucchen →Every word from Middle High German jücken →