Puck
English
proper noun
Definitions
- (mythology) A mischievous sprite in Celtic mythology and English folklore.
- (astronomy) One of the satellites of the planet Uranus
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English puke inherited from Old English pūca (demon, goblin) inherited from Proto-Germanic *pūkô (a goblin, spook, imp, goblin) derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pāug(')- (spectre, brilliance).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*(s)pāug(')-
Gloss
spectre, brilliance
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Pucklike English
- puck English
- puckish English
- puckishly English
- puckishness English
- Spuk German
- spukhaft German
- spook Dutch, Flemish
- *(s)pāug(')- Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)pāuǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *pūkô Proto-Germanic
- puca Old English
- pucel Old English
- pūca Old English
- puke Middle English
- púki Old Norse
- púki Icelandic
- púca Old Irish
- spuku Sranan Tongo