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Where does “ȝicche” come from?

ȝicche (Middle English) comes from Old English ġiċċe, from Proto-Germanic jukjǭ — an itch.

Ancestry of “ȝicche”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishġiċċean itch
2Proto-Germanicjukjǭan itch

Words derived from “ȝicche”

  • itching
  • itch
  • itchy
  • itchiness
  • itchies
  • itchily
  • itcher
  • itchingly
  • itchless
  • itchweed
  • antiitch
  • itchsome
Every word from Proto-Germanic jukjǭ →