pocca
Old English
Alternative forms
- pohha, poha, pohcha
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *pukkô, *pukô (“bag; pouch”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew-, *bʰew- (“to swell; blow; inflate”). Cognate with Middle High German pfoch (“pouch; purse”), Old Norse poki (“pouch; bag”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpok.ka/
Noun
pocca m (nominative plural poccan)
- poke; pouch; bag
Descendants
- Middle English: poke, pooke
- Scots: pok, poke, polk, poik
- English: poke