Where does “pochette” come from?

pochette (French) comes from Old French pochete, from Old French puche, from Frankish *pokō, from Proto-Germanic *puhô, from Proto-Indo-European bew- — "low-pitch humming noise".

pochette (French): pocket; sleeve; clutch bag

Definitions

  1. pocket; sleeve; clutch bag

Ancestry of “pochette”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpochetesmall bag
2Old Frenchpuchebag
3Frankish*pokō—
4Proto-Germanic*puhôbag
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbew-"low-pitch humming noise"

Words derived from “pochette”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bew- →Every word from Proto-Germanic *puhô →Every word from Frankish *pokō →