An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/jucken

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, J (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis

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Friedrich Kluge2507363An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, J — jucken1891John Francis Davis

jucken, vb., ‘to rub, scratch, itch,’ from the equiv. MidHG. jucken (jücken), OHG. jucchen, wk. vb.; corresponding to AS. gyccan, E. to itch (Goth. *jukkjan). The stem juk, jukk, occurs also in OHG. jucchido, AS. gycða, ‘itch’ (MidLG. jöken, Du. jeuken, ‘to itch’).