Where does “pocke” come from?

pocke (Middle Low German) comes from Proto-Germanic pukkaz, from Proto-Indo-European bew- — "low-pitch humming noise".

pocke (Middle Low German): boil, abcess

Definitions

  1. boil, abcess

Ancestry of “pocke”, step by step

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

Words derived from “pocke”

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