pokken

smallpox

pok

pock, pimple

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɔ.kə(n)/

Etymology

Cognate with English: pock

Cognate with German: Pocke

In summary

Of Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *pukkaz, *pukkǭ (“pock; swelling”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew-, *bʰew- (“to grow; swell”). See also English pock, German Pocke.

Concepts

smallpox

variola

vaccinia

varicella

Translations

Pocken

Blattern

viruela

variole

varíola

vaiolo

verola

ευλογιά

varíolo

جدري

çiçek hastalığı

pigota

Pocke

petite vérole

vaioloso