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Where does “puk-” come from?

puk- (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European bew- — "low-pitch humming noise".

Ancestry of “puk-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanbew-"low-pitch humming noise"

Words derived from “puk-”

  • pochette
  • pochette
  • pochard
  • poche
  • empocher
  • rempocher
  • multipoche
  • Pochspiel
  • pochen
  • pochete
  • poŝtuko
  • poŝo
  • poŝtelefono
  • poŝoŝtelisto
  • retpoŝtelefono
  • pochen
  • poker
  • pokeren
  • pošetka
  • posho
  • enposhigar
  • pochete
  • puche
  • pouqu'teux
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