Where does “Fokker” come from?

Fokker (German) comes from Dutch Fokker, from Dutch fokken, from Proto-Germanic fukkōną, from Proto-Indo-European pewǵ- — to punch, fist-fight; to prick, poke, stab.

Fokker (German): Fokker

Definitions

  1. Fokker

Ancestry of “Fokker”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchFokkerFokker
2DutchfokkenTo breed; To strike; To beget
3Proto-Germanicfukkōnąto blow, gust; to strike, assail; to copulate
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpewǵ-to punch, fist-fight; to prick, poke, stab
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pewǵ- →