Puck

See also: puck

English

Etymology

From puck (“mischievous spirit”), from Middle English puke, from Old English pūca (“goblin, demon”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *pūkô (“a goblin, spook”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *(s)pāug(')- (“brilliance, spectre”). Cognate with Icelandic púki from Old Norse pūki (dialectal (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Swedish puke, “devil”),, spūk (“apparition, ghost”), German Spuk (“a haunting”). More at spook.

Proper noun

Puck

1. (mythology) A mischievous sprite in Celtic mythology and English folklore.

   Synonym: Robin Goodfellow

2. (astronomy) One of the satellites of the planet Uranus

Translations

mythology

• Russian: Пак (ru) m (Pak)
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moon

• Russian: Пак (ru) m (Pak)
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German

Etymology

Borrowed from English puck.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʊk

Noun

Puck m (genitive Pucks, plural Pucks)

1. (ice hockey) puck

Further reading

• “Puck” in Duden online