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	*pokini, *pokan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*pokō	*pokan
Accusative	*pokan	*pokan
Genitive	*pokini, *pokan	*pokanō
Dative	*pokini, *pokan	*pokum
Instrumental	*pokini, *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: Puckel
• 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
  • Old French: puche, poche, pouche; pochete (diminutive)
    • Middle French: poche; pochete, poucette, pochette
      • French: poche; pochette
    • Middle English: pouch
      • English: pouch
  • Old Northern French: poque, poke; poket, poquet, poquete (diminutive)
    • Picard: poque
    • Norman: pouque; pouquette
    • Middle English: poc, poke, pooke; pocket
      • English: poke (regional); pocket
      • Scots: pok, poke, polk, poik
  • Old Occitan: pocha; pocheta
    • Occitan: pòcha; pocheta