The story
- Proto-Indo-European · derived from*bew-
- Proto-Germanic · inherited from*pukkaz
- Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*pokk
- Old English · inherited frompoc
- Middle English · inherited frompok
- English todaypock
From Middle English pok, from Old English poc, pocc (“pock; pustule; ulcer”), from Proto-West Germanic *pokk, from Proto-Germanic *pukkaz, *pukkǭ (“pock; swelling”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew-, *bʰew- (“to grow; swell”). Cognate with Dutch pok (“pock”), Low German Pocke (“pock”), German Pocke (“pock”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishpoc all →
pouk
Proto-West Germanic*pokk all →
pouk
Proto-Indo-European*bew- all →
pocketpickpollposepoutembosspough
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.