Puck
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From puck (“mischievous spirit”), from Middle English puke, from Old English pūca (“goblin, demon”), from Proto-Germanic *pūkô (“a goblin, spook”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pāug(')- (“brilliance, spectre”). Cognate with Old Norse pūki (dialectal Swedish puke, “devil”), Middle Low German spōk, spūk (“apparition, ghost”), German Spuk (“a haunting”). More at spook.
Proper noun[edit]
Puck
- (mythology) a mischievous sprite in Celtic mythology and English folklore.
- (astronomy) One of the satellites of the planet Uranus
Translations[edit]
German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowing from English.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ʊk
