Where does “pocc” come from?

pocc (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic pukkaz, from Proto-Indo-European bew- — "low-pitch humming noise".

pocc (Old English): pock, pustule, ulcer

Definitions

  1. pock, pustule, ulcer

Ancestry of “pocc”, step by step

pocc traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic pukkaz

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

via Proto-Germanic pukkǭ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicpukkǭpock; swelling
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰew-to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bew- →Every word from Proto-Germanic pukkaz →