Where does “puckeringly” come from?
puckeringly (English) comes from English puckering, from English pucker, from English poke, from Middle English poke, from Anglo-Norman poke, from Frankish *pokō, from Proto-Germanic *puhô, from Proto-Indo-European bew- — "low-pitch humming noise".
puckeringly (English): In a puckering manner; in a way that causes...
Definitions
- In a puckering manner; in a way that causes...
Ancestry of “puckeringly”, step by step
puckeringly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English puckering
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | puckering | A fold or pinched bunch of fabric caused by the... |
| 2 | English | pucker | To pinch or wrinkle; to squeeze inwardly, to... |
| 3 | English | poke | To prod or jab with an object such as a finger or... |
| 4 | Middle English | poke | sack, pouch, bag |
| 5 | Anglo-Norman | poke | sack |
| 6 | Frankish | *pokō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *puhô | bag |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bew- | "low-pitch humming noise" |