Where does “pökkiä” come from?
pökkiä (Finnish) comes from Finnish pökätä, from Finnish pukata, from Swedish bocka, from Irish púca, from English Puck, from English Pike, from French piqué, from French piquer — "low-pitch humming noise".
pökkiä (Finnish): to butt, to shove strike bluntly, particularly with the head
Definitions
- to butt, to shove strike bluntly, particularly with the head
Ancestry of “pökkiä”, step by step
pökkiä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pökätä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pökätä | to shove, to butt |
| 2 | Finnish | pukata | to shove, push |
| 3 | Swedish | bocka | to bend; to bow |
| 4 | Irish | púca | hobgoblin, pooka, puck; surly, uncommunicative... |
| 5 | English | Puck | A mischievous sprite in Celtic mythology and English folklore |
| 6 | English | Pike | A member of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity |
| 7 | French | piqué | past participle of piquer; dive; two fabrics... |
| 8 | French | piquer | to prick; to sting; to nick, pinch, steal |
| 9 | Middle French | picquer | to sting |
| 10 | Old French | piquer | to pierce with the tip of a sword |
| 11 | Vulgar Latin | piccare | to puncture; to sting, strike; to pierce |
| 12 | Frankish | pikkōn | to peck, strike |
| 13 | Proto-Germanic | pikōną | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | bew- | "low-pitch humming noise" |