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English word boke comes from Proto-Germanic *pūka-, Proto-Indo-European *bʰew-, and later Proto-Germanic *pukô (Bag; pouch.)
*pūka- (Proto-Germanic)
*bʰew- (Proto-Indo-European)
*pukô (Proto-Germanic)
Bag; pouch.
poki (Old Norse)
*poko (Frankish)
pocca (Old English)
Poke; pouch; bag.
*pukka (Frankish)
poc (Middle English)
poque (Old French)
puche (Old French)
Bag.
*poca (Vulgar Latin)
poque (Old Northern French)
poke (Anglo-Norman)
pocke (Middle English)
poke (Middle English)
poke (English)
(Scotland, Northern Ireland) An ice cream cone.. (now, regional) A sack or bag. [from early 13th c.]. A long, wide sleeve; a poke sleeve. (figuratively) To rummage as in to poke about in. [from early 19th c.]. (informal, internet) To notify.. (transitive) To thrust (something) in a particular direction such as the tongue.. (transitive, computing) To modify the value stored in (a memory [...]
boke (English)
(ambitransitive, UK, _, dialectal) To thrust or push out; butt; poke.. (intransitive) To retch or vomit.