Puck

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 Icelandic púki from Old Norse pūki (dialectal Swedish puke, “devil”),, spūk (“apparition, ghost”), German Spuk (“a haunting”). More at spook.

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

Borrowed from English puck.

• Rhymes: -ʊk

Puck m (genitive Pucks, plural Pucks)

1. (ice hockey) puck

• Puck in Duden online