Where does “pucaty” come from?

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

pucaty (Polish): chubby

Definitions

  1. chubby

Ancestry of “pucaty”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishpūcadevil, demon; goblin, demon; demon, goblin, imp
2Proto-Bantupuko—
3Tagalogpomarks respect toward the person the speaker is...
4Hokkien傅—
Every word from Hokkien 傅 →
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