Etymology

yeuk

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Today it means: itch, a prickly feeling Full definition →

Middle English *ȝuken ← Middle Dutch jucken ← Old Dutch *jukken
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yeuk · noun, verb1

  1. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*jukkjan“to itch”
  2. Old Dutch · derived from*jukken
  3. Middle Dutch · derived fromjucken
  4. Middle English · inherited from*ȝuken
  5. English todayyeuk

From (northern) Middle English *ȝuken, *ȝokken (suggested by Middle English ȝukynge, ȝokkyn (“itching”) and yuke (“an itching disease”)), from Middle Dutch jucken, jocken (“to itch”), from Old Dutch *jukken, from Proto-West Germanic *jukkjan (“to itch”). Doublet of itch.

yeuk · noun2

  1. Cantonese · borrowed from約 /约
  2. English todayyeuk

From Cantonese 約 /约 (joek3).

Words from the same roots

Proto-West Germanic*jukkjan all →

itch

Cantonese約 all →

yurk

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