pock
English
/pɒk/, /pɑk/
noun
Definitions
- A pus-filled swelling on the surface on the skin caused by an eruptive disease.
- Any pit, especially one formed as a scar
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English pok inherited from Old English poc derived from Proto-Germanic *pukkaz derived from Proto-Indo-European *bew- (swell, blow, swelling, owl).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bew-
Gloss
swell, blow, swelling, owl
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cow English
- cowpock English
- kine English
- kinepock English
- mark English
- pit English
- pitted English
- pockiness English
- pockmark English
- pockpit English
- pockpitted English
- pockwood English
- pocky English
- wood English
- *pikk Latin
- bulla Latin
- bullio Latin
- buteo Latin
- buttis Latin
- pittitus Latin
- Pocke German
- Windpocke German
- pok Dutch, Flemish
- pokdalig Dutch, Flemish
- pokken Dutch, Flemish
- pukkel Dutch, Flemish
- waterpokken Dutch, Flemish
- *bew- Proto-Indo-European
- *bolno- Proto-Indo-European
- *pikkōną Proto-Germanic
- *pukaną Proto-Germanic
- *pukkaz Proto-Germanic
- *pukkô Proto-Germanic
- *pusōną Proto-Germanic
- poc Old English
- pocc Old English
- pok Middle English
- kopper Danish
- pokker Danish
- poc Middle Dutch
- bura Latvian
- pocke Middle Low German
- buller Scots
- 𐭡𐭥𐭯 Middle Persian
- *burā- bat-pro