Where does “puchen” come from?

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

puchen (Middle High German): to knock, defy, plunder

Definitions

  1. to knock, defy, plunder

Ancestry of “puchen”, step by step

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

Words derived from “puchen”

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