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Where does “jucken” come from?

jucken (Middle High German) comes from Old High German jucchen, from Proto-West Germanic *jukkjan.

Ancestry of “jucken”, step by step

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

Words derived from “jucken”

  • jucken
  • Jucken
  • juko
  • juki
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *jukkjan →