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Where does “pukkaz” come from?

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

Ancestry of “pukkaz”, step by step

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

Words derived from “pukkaz”

  • pock
  • pockmark
  • pocky
  • pockwood
  • cowpock
  • pockiness
  • kinepock
  • waterpokken
  • pok
  • pokker
  • pok
  • poc
  • pocc
  • poc
  • pocke
  • pocke
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bew- →