Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/pokō

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Alternative forms

  • *pokkō

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *pukô, *pukkô (“bag, pouch”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew-, *bʰew- (“to swell; blow; inflate”).

Noun

*pokō m

  1. pouch

Declension

Masculine an-stem
Singular
Nominative *pokō
Genitive *pukini, *pokan
Singular Plural
Nominative *pokō *pokan
Accusative *pokan *pokan
Genitive *pukini, *pokan *pokanō
Dative *pukini, *pokan *pokum
Instrumental *pukini, *pokan *pokum

Descendants

  • Old English: pohha, pocca
    • Middle English: pogh, pouge, poc, pok
      • English: poke (merged with Anglo-Norman cognate)
      • Scots: poke, poik (merged with Anglo-Norman cognate)
  • Old Saxon: *poko, *puko; *pukil
    • Middle Low German: pok m; pocke, poche f; pukel, pockel
      • German Low German: Pock f; Puckel m
  • Old Dutch: *poko; *poka
    • Middle Dutch: poke
      • Dutch: pook (obsolete)
  • Old High German: *pfohho, *pfocho
    • Middle High German: pfoch
      • German: Pfoche (dialectal)
  • → Vulgar Latin: *poca, *pocca
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