Where does “pokken” come from?

pokken (Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic pukkaz, from Proto-Indo-European bew- — "low-pitch humming noise".

pokken (Dutch): smallpox

Definitions

  1. smallpox

Ancestry of “pokken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicpukkaz—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbew-"low-pitch humming noise"

Words derived from “pokken”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bew- →Every word from Proto-Germanic pukkaz →