Where does “puke” come from?

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

Ancestry of “puke”, 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 “puke”

Every word from Hokkien 傅 →Every word from Tagalog po →Every word from Proto-Bantu puko →