Where does “poke” come from?

poke (Middle English) comes from Anglo-Norman poke, from Frankish *pokō, from Proto-Germanic *puhô, from Proto-Indo-European bew- — "low-pitch humming noise".

poke (Middle English): sack, pouch, bag

Definitions

  1. sack, pouch, bag

Ancestry of “poke”, step by step

poke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Anglo-Norman poke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Anglo-Normanpokesack
2Frankish*pokō—
3Proto-Germanic*puhôbag
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbew-"low-pitch humming noise"

via Old English poc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishpoc—
2Proto-Germanicpukkǭpock; swelling
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰew-to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...

Words derived from “poke”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bew- →Every word from Proto-Germanic *puhô →Every word from Frankish *pokō →