Where does “pouke” come from?

pouke (Middle English) comes from Old English pūca, from Proto-Bantu puko, from Tagalog po, from Hokkien 傅.

pouke (Middle English): A malign spirit or creature

Definitions

  1. A malign spirit or creature

Ancestry of “pouke”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishpūcadevil, demon; goblin, demon; demon, goblin, imp
2Proto-Bantupuko—
3Tagalogpomarks respect toward the person the speaker is...
4Hokkien傅—

Words derived from “pouke”

Every word from Hokkien 傅 →