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
Ancestry of “pouch'tée”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norman | pouchette | pocket; Slavonian grebe, horned grebe |
| 2 | Old French | pochete | small bag |
| 3 | Old French | puche | bag |
| 4 | Frankish | *pokō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *puhô | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bew- | "low-pitch humming noise" |