Itch
Old English gycce (noun), gyccan (verb), of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch jeuk (noun) and Dutch jeuken, German jucken (verb).
wiktionary
From Middle English icche, ȝicche, from Old English ġiċċe(“an itch”), from Proto-Germanic *jukjǭ(“an itch”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Scots yeuk(“an itch, itchiness”), Dutch jeuk(“an itch”), German jucken.
From Middle English icchen, ȝicchen, from Old English ġiċċan, ġyċċan(“to itch”), from Proto-West Germanic *jukkjan(“to itch”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Scots yeuk(“to itch”), West Frisian jûkje(“to itch”), Dutch jeuken(“to itch”), Low German jocken(“to itch”), German jucken(“to itch”).
etymonline
itch (n.)
"irritating tingling sensation in the skin," also "skin inflammation caused by a burrowing mite," Old English gicce, from giccan (v.) "to itch" (see itch (v.)). Sense of "restless desire" is first attested 1530s; itching in this sense is from mid-14c.
itch (v.)
Middle English icchen, from Old English giccan "to itch," from West Germanic *jukkjan (source also of Middle Dutch jöken "to itch," Old High German jucchen, German jucken). Figurative sense of "feel a provoking desire to do or get something" is from early 13c. Related: Itched; itching.
