Where does “*pokō” come from?
*pokō (Frankish) comes from Proto-Germanic *puhô, from Proto-Indo-European bew- — "low-pitch humming noise".
Ancestry of “*pokō”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Germanic | *puhô | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | bew- | "low-pitch humming noise" |