Where does “pwca” come from?

pwca (English) comes from Welsh pwca, from Old English pūca, from Proto-Bantu puko, from Tagalog po, from Hokkien 傅.

pwca (English): A Welsh hobgoblin

Definitions

  1. A Welsh hobgoblin

Ancestry of “pwca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Welshpwcabogey, sprite, goblin, gnome
2Old Englishpūcadevil, demon; goblin, demon; demon, goblin, imp
3Proto-Bantupuko—
4Tagalogpomarks respect toward the person the speaker is...
5Hokkien傅—
Every word from Hokkien 傅 →
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