Pocke

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (feminine) pock
2. (feminine, in-plural) pox, smallpox (disease)

Concepten

pokken

Synoniemen

Pocken

Vertalingen

viruela

variole

pustola

vaiolo

varíola

pústola

pock

pustule

smallpox

pustule

verola

evlojiá

pigota

vairòla

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈpɔkə/

Etymologie (Engels)

Geleend van Middle Low German: pocke

Verwant aan Nederlands: pok

Verwant aan Engels: pock

In summary

16th century, from Middle Low German pocke, from Proto-Germanic *pukkǭ, *pukkaz (“pock, swelling”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew-, *bʰew- (“to grow, swell”).
Cognate with Dutch pok, English pock. Displaced the variants Poche, Pfoche, which may go back to related Proto-Germanic *pukô, but are perhaps merely inadequate adaptations of the Low German form. The native High German word for “pock” is Blatter.