Where does “poŝtuko” come from?

poŝtuko (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto tuko, from Yiddish טוך, from Middle High German tuoch, from Old High German tuoh, from Proto-West Germanic dōk, from Proto-Germanic dōkaz, from Proto-Indo-European dwōg-.

poŝtuko (Esperanto): handkerchief

Definitions

  1. handkerchief

Ancestry of “poŝtuko”, step by step

poŝtuko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto tuko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantotukocloth
2Yiddishטוךcloth
3Middle High Germantuoch—
4Old High Germantuoh—
5Proto-West Germanicdōkcloth, rag
6Proto-Germanicdōkazcloth, rag
7Proto-Indo-Europeandwōg-—

via Esperanto poŝo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantopoŝopocket
2Frenchpochépast participle of pocher
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dwōg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic dōkaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic dōk →
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