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

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

Proto-West Germanic: *pūkō
- Old English: pūca
  - Middle English: pouke, ppoke, powke, puke
    - English: puck, Puck
  - →? Cornish: bucca
    - → English: bucca
  - → Welsh: pwca
- Old Frisian: *pūka
  - Saterland Frisian: Puk
Old Norse: púki
- Icelandic: púki
- Faroese: púki
- Norwegian: pokker
- Old Swedish: pūke
  - Swedish: puke; ⇒ skråpuk
- Danish: pokker
- →? Old Irish: púca
  - Irish: púca
    - →? Cornish: bucca
      - → English: bucca
    - → English: pooka, puka

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