itch
English
/ɪt͡ʃ/
noun
Definitions
- A sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch.
- A constant teasing desire or want.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English icche inherited from Old English ġiċċe (an itch) inherited from Proto-Germanic *jukjǭ (an itch).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*jukjǭ
Gloss
an itch
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antiitch English
- itcher English
- itchies English
- itchily English
- itchiness English
- itching English
- itchingly English
- itchless English
- itchlessness English
- itchlike English
- itchsome English
- itchweed English
- itchy English
- weed English
- Juckpulver German
- jucken German
- jeuken Dutch, Flemish
- *jukjǭ Proto-Germanic
- ġiċċe Old English
- ecchinge Middle English
- icche Middle English
- juki Esperanto
- joken Middle Dutch
- jucken Middle High German
- *jukkjā gmw-pro
- *jukja Old Frisian
- juukje Saterland Frisian