Where does “puka” come from?
puka (English) comes from Irish púca, from English Puck, from English Pike, from French piqué, from French piquer, from Middle French picquer, from Old French piquer, from Vulgar Latin piccare — "low-pitch humming noise".
puka (English): A small, usually perforated, wave- and...
Definitions
- A small, usually perforated, wave- and...
Ancestry of “puka”, step by step
puka traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Irish púca
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irish | púca | hobgoblin, pooka, puck; surly, uncommunicative... |
| 2 | English | Puck | A mischievous sprite in Celtic mythology and English folklore |
| 3 | English | Pike | A member of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity |
| 4 | French | piqué | past participle of piquer; dive; two fabrics... |
| 5 | French | piquer | to prick; to sting; to nick, pinch, steal |
| 6 | Middle French | picquer | to sting |
| 7 | Old French | piquer | to pierce with the tip of a sword |
| 8 | Vulgar Latin | piccare | to puncture; to sting, strike; to pierce |
| 9 | Frankish | pikkōn | to peck, strike |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | pikōną | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bew- | "low-pitch humming noise" |
via Maori puka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maori | puka | — |
| 2 | English | Book | the Bible |
| 3 | German | būch | book collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge; long work fit for publication |
| 4 | Middle High German | buoch | — |
| 5 | Old High German | buoh | book |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | bōk | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | bakaną | to bake |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₃g- | to bake, to roast, to fry |