Where does “joken” come from?

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

Ancestry of “joken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchjukken—
2Proto-West Germanic*jukkjanto itch

Words derived from “joken”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *jukkjan →Every word from Old Dutch jukken →
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