| 1 | Swedish | bocka | to bend; to bow |
| 2 | Irish | púca | hobgoblin, pooka, puck; surly, uncommunicative... |
| 3 | English | Puck | — |
| 4 | English | Pike | A member of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity |
| 5 | French | piqué | past participle of piquer; dive; two fabrics... |
| 6 | French | piquer | to prick; to sting; to nick, pinch, steal |
| 7 | Middle French | picquer | to sting |
| 8 | Old French | piquer | to pierce with the tip of a sword |
| 9 | Vulgar Latin | piccare | to puncture; to sting, strike; to pierce |
| 10 | Frankish | pikkōn | to peck, strike |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | pikōną | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bew- | "low-pitch humming noise" |