Where does “touken” come from?

touken (Middle English) comes from Middle Dutch tucken, from Proto-Germanic teuh-, from Proto-Indo-European dewk- — to pull, to draw; to lead.

touken (Middle English): to torment, to stretch

Definitions

  1. to torment, to stretch

Ancestry of “touken”, step by step

touken traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Dutch tucken

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchtuckento tuck
2Proto-Germanicteuh-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeandewk-to pull, to draw; to lead

via Old English tūcian

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishtūcianto torment, vex; to disturb, mistreat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dewk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic teuh- →Every word from Middle Dutch tucken →