Where does “pocke” come from?

pocke (Middle Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic pukkaz, from Proto-Indo-European bew- — "low-pitch humming noise".

Ancestry of “pocke”, step by step

pocke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic pukkaz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicpukkaz—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbew-"low-pitch humming noise"

via Proto-Germanic pukkǭ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicpukkǭpock; swelling
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰew-to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bew- →Every word from Proto-Germanic pukkaz →