English
pouch
Pouch comes from Old Northern French pouche ‘bag or pouch’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *puhô.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*puhô‘bag’reconstructed
- Frankishc. 250–700*pokōreconstructed
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400puche‘bag’
- Old Northern Frenchc. 842–1400pouche‘bag or pouch’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
- Englishearliest quotation 1713pouch
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*puhô‘bag’reconstructed
- Frankishc. 250–700*pokōreconstructed
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400puche‘bag’
- Old Northern Frenchc. 842–1400pouche‘bag or pouch’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
- Englishearliest quotation 1713pouch
Earliest quotation: 1713, William Derham, Physico-theology: “And, to name no more, the common Heron hath…”
Linked words
through Frankish *pokō
through Old French puche ‘bag’
Today it means
noun A small bag usually closed with a drawstring.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *puhô / pouch