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Where does “icchen” come from?

icchen (Middle English) comes from Old English ġiċċan, from Proto-West Germanic *jukkjan.

icchen (Middle English): to move as with a jerk; to move, jerk, stir

Definitions

  1. to move as with a jerk; to move, jerk, stir

Ancestry of “icchen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishġiċċan—
2Proto-West Germanic*jukkjan—

Words derived from “icchen”

  • hug
  • hike
  • hiking
  • hitch
  • hiker
  • hitchhiker
  • hitchhike
  • hugger
  • unhitch
  • huggable
  • huck
  • huggy
  • hitcher
  • huckle
  • hoick
  • hitchrack
  • hugfest
  • hikeable
  • hitchless
  • hucker
  • hucklebuck
  • hyke
  • hitchrail
  • hiphugger
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