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English word origin

Etymology of pough

From Middle English pogh, powhe, from Old English pohha, a variant of pocca (“poke, bag, pouch”), from Proto-West Germanic *pokō, from Proto-Germanic *puhô (“bag”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew-, *bʰew- (“to blow, swell

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Unnumbered source etymology

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noun

A bag. · A goitre.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Middle English pogh, powhe, from Old English pohha, a variant of pocca (“poke, bag, pouch”), from Proto-West Germanic *pokō, from Proto-Germanic *puhô (“bag”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew-, *bʰew- (“to blow, swell”).

Relationships mentioned by the source

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  • Inherited-form mentionpoghenm
  • Inherited-form mentionpohhaang
  • Inherited-form mention*pokōgmw-pro
  • Inherited-form mention*puhôgem-pro · bag
  • Derivation mention*bew-ine-pro
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