thrutch

Etymology

This word came into English from Middle English thrucchen (“to push, rush”), which developed from Old English þryċċan (“to push, press, trample on, crush”), itself from Proto-West Germanic *þrukkijan and, before that, Proto-Germanic *þrukkijaną (“to press”). It is cognate with West Frisian drukke (“to press”), Dutch drukken (“to press, squeeze”), German drücken (“to press, push, squeeze”) and Swedish trycka (“to press, push, squeeze”).