Where does “pauk” come from?

pauk (German) comes from German pauken, from German pauke, from Middle High German pūke.

pauk (German): singular imperative of pauken; first-person...

Definitions

  1. singular imperative of pauken; first-person...

Ancestry of “pauk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanpaukento beat a drum; to drum in; to emphasize; to...
2Germanpaukeinflection of pauken: ## first-person singular...
3Middle High Germanpūke—
Every word from Middle High German pūke →Every word from German pauke →Every word from German pauken →
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