Where does “heech” come from?

heech (Yola) comes from Middle English icchen, from Old English ġiċċan, from Proto-West Germanic *jukkjan — to itch.

heech (Yola): To put water into a pump to make the sucker work

Definitions

  1. To put water into a pump to make the sucker work

Ancestry of “heech”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishicchento move as with a jerk; to move, jerk, stir
2Old Englishġiċċan—
3Proto-West Germanic*jukkjanto itch
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *jukkjan →Every word from Old English ġiċċan →Every word from Middle English icchen →