Where does “pukka” come from?

pukka (Frankish) comes from Proto-Germanic puk-, from Proto-Indo-European bew- — "low-pitch humming noise".

pukka (Frankish): pouch, bag

Definitions

  1. pouch, bag

Ancestry of “pukka”, step by step

pukka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic puk-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicpuk-—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbew-"low-pitch humming noise"

via Proto-Germanic pūka-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicpūka-bag, pouch
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bew- →Every word from Proto-Germanic puk- →