Where does “poka” come from?
poka (Ido) comes from Italian poco, from Spanish poco, from Latin paucus, from Proto-Italic paukos, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ukos, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂w- — few, little; smallness.
poka (Ido): little, few, not many
Ancestry of “poka”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | poco | little, not much; little, not very, poorly; a... |
| 2 | Spanish | poco | little, not much; few, not many; un-, not |
| 3 | Latin | paucus | few, little |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | paukos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂ukos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂w- | few, little; smallness |