Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/pokō

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Alternative forms

*pokkō

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *pukô, *pukkô (“bag, pouch”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew-, *bʰew- (“to swell; blow; inflate”).

Noun

*pokō m

pouch

Declension

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Descendants

Old English: pohha, pocca
- Middle English: pogh, pouge, poc, pok
  - English: poke (merged with Anglo-Norman cognate)
  - Scots: poke, poik (merged with Anglo-Norman cognate)
Old Saxon: *poko, *puko; *pukil
- Middle Low German: pok m; pocke, poche f; pukel, pockel
  - German Low German: Puckel
Old Dutch: *poko; *poka
- Middle Dutch: poke
  - Dutch: pook (obsolete)
Old High German: *pfohho, *pfocho
- Middle High German: pfoch
  - German: Pfoche (dialectal)
→ Vulgar Latin: *poca, *pocca
- Old French: puche, poche, pouche; pochete (diminutive)
  - Middle French: poche; pochete, poucette, pochette
    - French: poche; pochette
  - Middle English: pouch
    - English: pouch
- Old Northern French: poque, poke; poket, poquet, poquete (diminutive)
  - Picard: poque
  - Norman: pouque; pouquette
  - Middle English: poc, poke, pooke; pocket
    - English: poke (regional); pocket
    - Scots: pok, poke, polk, poik
- Old Occitan: pocha; pocheta
  - Occitan: pòcha; pocheta

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