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Where does “chicke” come from?
chicke (Middle English) comes from Middle English chiken, from Old English ċicen — chicken.
Ancestry of “chicke”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Middle English
chiken
chicken", also "chick
2
Old English
ċicen
chicken
Words derived from “chicke”
chicken
chick
chuck
chucking
chickweed
chickenshit
dabchick
chickie
turducken
chicky
chickenhead
chickenhouse
chickenhawk
chickenlike
chickling
chicklet
chickeny
chickenyard
chuckey
chickenless
chickenish
chicklike
peachick
nonchicken
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