Appendix:Frankish/poka

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

Frankish

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *pukō (“bag, pouch”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewh₂- (“to be, exist, grow”). Cognate with Old English pocca, Old High German *pfoha, pfoso (dialectal German Pfoch).

Noun

*poka f

1. pouch

Declension

Declension of *poka (ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*poka	*poka
Accusative	*poka	*poka
Genitive	*poka	*pokō
Dative	*poku	*pokōm
Instrumental	*poku	*pokōm

Descendants

• Old Dutch: *poka
  • Middle Dutch: poke
• Vulgar Latin: *poca
  • Old French: puche, poche, pouche; pochete (diminutive)
    • Middle French: poche; pochete, poucette, pochette
      • French: poche; pochette
    • Middle English: pouch
      • English: pouch
    • Picard: poque
  • Old Northern French: poque, poke; poquet, poquete (diminutive)
    • Anglo-Norman: poke; poket; pouche
      • Middle English: pocke; pocket
        • English: poke (regional); pocket
  • Old Provençal: pocha; pocheta
    • Occitan: pòcha; pocheta