Where does “ȝicchen” come from?

ȝicchen (Middle English) comes from Old English ġiċċan, from Proto-West Germanic *jukkjan — to itch.

Ancestry of “ȝicchen”, step by step

ȝicchen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English ġiċċan

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

via Old English ġyċċan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishġyċċanto join; yoke; to itch
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *jukkjan →Every word from Old English ġiċċan →