Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/pūkô

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)pāuǵ-, *(s)pāug- (“brilliance, spectre”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpuː.kɔːː/

Noun

*pūkô m

1. hunchback, goblin, spook

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *pūkô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*pūkô	*pūkaniz
vocative	*pūkô	*pūkaniz
accusative	*pūkanų	*pūkanunz
genitive	*pūkiniz	*pūkanǫ̂
dative	*pūkini	*pūkammaz
instrumental	*pūkinē	*pūkammiz

Descendants

• Old English: pūca, pūcel
  • Middle English: puke; *pukel
    • English: puck, puckle
    • → Jersey Norman: pouque, pouquelée
  • → Irish: púca
    • → English: pooka
  • → Welsh: pwca
  • → Cornish: Bucca
• Old Frisian: *pūka
  • Saterland Frisian: Puk
• Old Norse: púki
  • Icelandic: púki
  • Faroese: púki
  • Norwegian: pokker (< Danish?)
  • Old Swedish: pūke
    • Swedish: puke (dialectal)
  • Danish: pokker