Where does “-poo” come from?

-poo (English) comes from English POODLE, from German Pudel, from German Pudelhund, from German hund, from Middle High German hunt, from Old High German hunt, from Proto-West Germanic hund, from Proto-Germanic hundaz — dog.

-poo (English): Added to nouns, especially personal names, ending...

Definitions

  1. Added to nouns, especially personal names, ending...

Ancestry of “-poo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishPOODLEA man-in-the-middle exploit that takes advantage...
2GermanPudelpoodle
3GermanPudelhundpoodle
4Germanhunddog, hound
5Middle High Germanhuntdog (Canis familiaris)
6Old High Germanhuntdog
7Proto-West Germanichunddog
8Proto-Germanichundazdog
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwn̥tós
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwṓdog

Words derived from “-poo

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ
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