Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/pūkô

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This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Uncertain. Possibly related to *spōk, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pāuǵ-, *(s)pāug- (brilliance; spectre) with unusually late loss of the s-mobile (after Grimm's law), but this still suffers other phonetic problems as well as probably semantic ones. Perhaps of substrate origin, or imitative like English boo.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

*pūkô m

  1. hunchback, goblin, spook

Inflection[edit]

masculine an-stemDeclension of *pūkô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *pūkô *pūkaniz
vocative *pūkô *pūkaniz
accusative *pūkanų *pūkanunz
genitive *pūkiniz *pūkanǫ̂
dative *pūkini *pūkammaz
instrumental *pūkinē *pūkammiz

Descendants[edit]