puca
Old English
noun
Definitions
- goblin, demon
- a mischievous spirit
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *pūkô (a goblin, spook, imp, goblin) derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pāuǵ-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*(s)pāuǵ-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bucca English
- spook English
- Spuk German
- spukhaft German
- spoken Dutch, Flemish
- spook Dutch, Flemish
- spookachtig Dutch, Flemish
- spookdier Dutch, Flemish
- spookdorp Dutch, Flemish
- spookhuis Dutch, Flemish
- spookrijder Dutch, Flemish
- spookschip Dutch, Flemish
- spookstad Dutch, Flemish
- spooktrein Dutch, Flemish
- spookverhaal Dutch, Flemish
- spookwoord Dutch, Flemish
- voorspook Dutch, Flemish
- *(s)pāug(')- Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)pāuǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *pūkô Proto-Germanic
- pucel Old English
- pūca Old English
- púca Irish
- púki Old Norse
- spøg Danish
- púki Icelandic
- spoke Middle Dutch
- spooc Middle Dutch
- pūķis Latvian
- púca Old Irish
- spook Afrikaans
- spōk Middle Low German
- puke Old Swedish
- bucca Cornish
- spuku Sranan Tongo