Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/pūkô

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

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
  - Jèrriais: 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 (dialectal): puke
- Danish: pokker

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