Etymology Explorer › Middle English

Where does “ecchinge” come from?

ecchinge (Middle English) comes from Old English ġiċċende, from Proto-Germanic jukjandz, from Proto-Germanic jukjaną — to itch.

Ancestry of “ecchinge”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishġiċċendeitching
2Proto-Germanicjukjandz—
3Proto-Germanicjukjanąto itch

Words derived from “ecchinge”

  • itching
  • itchingly
Every word from Proto-Germanic jukjaną →