Where does “poșetă” come from?

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

poșetă (Romanian): bag, handbag

Definitions

  1. bag, handbag

Ancestry of “poșetă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpochettepocket; sleeve; clutch bag
2Old Frenchpochetesmall bag
3Old Frenchpuchebag
4Frankish*pokō—
5Proto-Germanic*puhôbag
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbew-"low-pitch humming noise"
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bew- →Every word from Proto-Germanic *puhô →Every word from Frankish *pokō →