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PuckEnglish (en) · Unnumbered etymologySource text
From puck (“mischievous spirit”), from Middle English pouke, from Old English pūca (“goblin, demon”), from Proto-Germanic *pūkô (“a goblin, spook”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pāug(')- (“brilliance, spectre”). Cognate with Icelandic púki, dialectal Swedish puke (“devil”), Middle Low German spūk (“apparition, ghost”), German Spuk (“a haunting”). More at spook.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗puckEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From Middle English pouke, from Old English pūca (“goblin, demon”), from Proto-West Germanic *pūkō, from Proto-Germanic *pūkô (“a goblin, spook”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Old Norse púki (“devil”) (dialectal Swedish puke). Doublet of pooka.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗puckEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
From or influenced by Irish poc (“stroke in hurling, bag”). Compare poke (1861).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗puckEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
From or influenced by Irish poc (“stroke in hurling, bag”). Compare poke (1861).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗puckEnglish (en) · Etymology 3Source text
From the Irish poc (“male adult goat, billy goat”). Doublet of buck.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗puckEnglish (en) · Etymology 4Source text
Blend of pike + tuck.
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