Where does “pūca” come from?

pūca (Old English) comes from Proto-Bantu puko, from Tagalog po, from Hokkien 傅.

pūca (Old English): devil, demon; goblin, demon; demon, goblin, imp

Definitions

  1. devil, demon; goblin, demon; demon, goblin, imp

Ancestry of “pūca”, step by step

pūca traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Bantu puko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Bantupuko—
2Tagalogpomarks respect toward the person the speaker is...
3Hokkien傅—

via Swedish pysa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishpysa}} to (cause to) stream out (with a hissing sound) (of some gas, for example air from a balloon)
2Proto-Germanicpusjanąto blow, snort; to snort, blow
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbew-"low-pitch humming noise"

via Latin pūlex

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpūlexflea
2Proto-Indo-European*plus-flea

Words derived from “pūca”

Every word from Hokkien 傅 →Every word from Tagalog po →Every word from Proto-Bantu puko →