Where does “isipoko” come from?

isipoko (Northern Ndebele) comes from Afrikaans spook, from Dutch spook, from Middle Dutch spooc, from Middle Dutch spoke, from Proto-Germanic spōk — spook, ghost, apparition; witchcraft, wizardry.

isipoko (Northern Ndebele): ghost

Definitions

  1. ghost

Ancestry of “isipoko”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Afrikaansspookghost, phantom
2Dutchspookphantom, ghost; horror, terror; an annoying and...
3Middle Dutchspoocapparition, ghost; spook, ghost
4Middle Dutchspoke—
5Proto-Germanicspōkspook, ghost, apparition; witchcraft, wizardry
Every word from Proto-Germanic spōk →Every word from Middle Dutch spoke →Every word from Middle Dutch spooc →
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