Where does “pouch'tée” come from?

pouch'tée (Norman) comes from Norman pouchette, from Old French pochete, from Old French puche, from Frankish *pokō, from Proto-Germanic *puhô, from Proto-Indo-European bew- — "low-pitch humming noise".

pouch'tée (Norman): pocketful

Definitions

  1. pocketful

Ancestry of “pouch'tée”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Normanpouchettepocket; Slavonian grebe, horned grebe
2Old Frenchpochetesmall bag
3Old Frenchpuchebag
4Frankish*pokō—
5Proto-Germanic*puhôbag
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbew-"low-pitch humming noise"
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bew- →Every word from Proto-Germanic *puhô →Every word from Frankish *pokō →