Where does “tuken” come from?

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

tuken (Middle English): to abuse, mistreat; to plunder; to tuck

Definitions

  1. to abuse, mistreat; to plunder; to tuck

Ancestry of “tuken”, step by step

tuken 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

Words derived from “tuken”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dewk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic teuh- →Every word from Middle Dutch tucken →