Where does “pòch” come from?

pòch (Haitian Creole) comes from Middle High German bach, from Old High German bah, from Proto-West Germanic baki, from Proto-Germanic bakiz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰog- — flowing water, stream; flowing water, brook,...

pòch (Haitian Creole): pocket

Definitions

  1. pocket

Ancestry of “pòch”, step by step

pòch traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German bach

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanbach—
2Old High Germanbah—
3Proto-West Germanicbakibrook
4Proto-Germanicbakizbrook, stream; beach, strand
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰog-flowing water, stream; flowing water, brook,...

via French poché

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpochépast participle of pocher
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰog- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bakiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic baki →