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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Germanic | pukkaz | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | bew- | "low-pitch humming noise" |
Words derived from “pocke”