reek v. Old English recan (Anglian), reocan (West Saxon) emit smoke, from Proto-Germanic *reukanan (cf. Old Frisian reka smoke, Middle Dutch roken, Dutch rieken to smoke, Old High German riohhan to smoke, steam, German rauchen to smoke, riechen to smell).
Ohm's law states that the current drawn depends on the resistance of the body. The resistance of human skin varies from person to person and fluctuates between different times of day. The NIOSH states Under dry conditions, the resistance offered by the human body may be as high as 100,000 Ohms. Wet or broken skin may drop the body's resistance to 1,000 Ohms, adding that high-voltage electrical energy quickly breaks down human skin, reducing the human body's resistance to 500 Ohms.
The human body's resistance to current flow varies depending on: Human resistance is about 10,000 ohms on the high side and as little as 1,000 ohms if the person is wet. Let's see how much current flows through a person if he or she contacts a typical 120 volt household circuit. On the high side, with human resistance around 10,000 ohms, we can compute the current flow by dividing the voltage, 120, by the resistance, 10,000. This yields 0.012 amps, or 12 milliamps.