Etymology Explorer › Middle English

Where does “icche” come from?

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

icche (Middle English): Alternative form of I

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of I

Ancestry of “icche”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishġiċċean itch
2Proto-Germanicjukjǭan itch

Words derived from “icche”

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