Where does “poke” come from?

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

Ancestry of “poke”, step by step

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

Words derived from “poke”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bew- →Every word from Proto-Germanic puk- →