Where does “poke” come from?

poke (Old French) comes from Frankish *pokō, from Proto-Germanic *puhô, from Proto-Indo-European bew- — "low-pitch humming noise".

poke (Old French): sack

Definitions

  1. sack

Ancestry of “poke”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frankish*pokō—
2Proto-Germanic*puhôbag
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbew-"low-pitch humming noise"

Words derived from “poke”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bew- →Every word from Proto-Germanic *puhô →Every word from Frankish *pokō →