An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/pochen

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, P
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
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2564195An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, P — pochenJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

​ pochen, verb, ‘to knock, beat,’ from Middle High German puchen, bochen; compare Middle Low German boken, Dutch pogchen, ‘to boast,’ English to poke. The Modern High German verb is not borrowed from the Low German; compare Alemannian bochen. It is derived from a Teutonic root puk, buk.

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