Where does “jücken” come from?

jücken (Middle High German) comes from Old High German jucchen, from Proto-West Germanic *jukkjan — to itch.

Ancestry of “jücken”, step by step

jücken traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old High German jucchen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanjucchento itch
2Proto-West Germanic*jukkjanto itch

via Old Saxon jukkian

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonjukkianto itch

Words derived from “jücken”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *jukkjan →Every word from Old High German jucchen →