thrutch

The story

1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*þrukkijaną“to press”
2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*þrukkijan
3. Old English · inherited fromþryċċan“to push, press, trample on, crush”
4. Middle English · inherited fromthrucchen“to push, rush”
5. English todaythrutch

From Middle English thrucchen (“to push, rush”), from Old English þryċċan (“to push, press, trample on, crush”), from Proto-West Germanic *þrukkijan, from Proto-Germanic *þrukkijaną (“to press”). Cognate with West Frisian drukke (“to press”), Dutch drukken (“to press, squeeze”), German drücken (“to press, push, squeeze”), Swedish trycka (“to press, push, squeeze”).