Where does “poku” come from?

poku (Sranan Tongo) comes from Dutch pauk, from German pauke, from Middle High German pūke.

poku (Sranan Tongo): music

Definitions

  1. music

Ancestry of “poku”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchpaukkettledrum, usually in the plural: timpani
2Germanpaukeinflection of pauken: ## first-person singular...
3Middle High Germanpūke—

Words derived from “poku”

Every word from Middle High German pūke →Every word from German pauke →Every word from Dutch pauk →
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