Where does “pouet” come from?

pouet (French) comes from Old French put, from Latin pūtidus, from Latin pūteō, from Proto-Italic pūtos, from Proto-Indo-European puHtós, from Proto-Indo-European pewH- — to be clean, pure.

pouet (French): the sound of a horn, as from a car, clown, etc

Definitions

  1. the sound of a horn, as from a car, clown, etc

Ancestry of “pouet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchput—
2Latinpūtidusrotten, decaying, spoiled, fetid
3Latinpūteōto stink, be rotten, putrid
4Proto-Italicpūtos—
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanpuHtóspure, clean
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanpewH-to be clean, pure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pewH- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European puHtós →Every word from Proto-Italic pūtos →