Where does “pocka” come from?

pocka (Swedish) comes from Middle High German puchen, from Proto-Germanic puk-, from Proto-Indo-European bew- — "low-pitch humming noise".

pocka (Swedish): }} to insistently demand or lay claim to (something, sometimes something abstract)

Definitions

  1. }} to insistently demand or lay claim to (something, sometimes something abstract)

Ancestry of “pocka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanpuchento knock, defy, plunder
2Proto-Germanicpuk-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbew-"low-pitch humming noise"
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bew- →Every word from Proto-Germanic puk- →Every word from Middle High German puchen →