puke

Old Swedish

noun

Definitions

devil, demon

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse púki (evil spirit, fairy spirit, demon, devil) inherited from Proto-Germanic *pūkô (a goblin, spook, imp, goblin).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*pūkô

Gloss

a goblin, spook, imp, goblin

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

*(s)pāug(')- Proto-Indo-European
*(s)pāuǵ- Proto-Indo-European
*pūkô Proto-Germanic
puca Old English
pucel Old English
pūca Old English
púki Old Norse
púki Icelandic
pūķis Latvian
púca Old Irish