Where does “rukok” come from?
rukok (Acehnese) comes from Indonesian rokok, from Dutch roken, from Middle Dutch rôken, from Old Saxon rōkian, from Proto-West Germanic raukijan, from Proto-Germanic raukijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
rukok (Acehnese): cigarette
Definitions
- cigarette
Ancestry of “rukok”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | rokok | a cigarette |
| 2 | Dutch | roken | to smoke; to smoke, to produce smoke |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | rôken | to smoke, to give off smoke |
| 4 | Old Saxon | rōkian | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | raukijan | to cause smoke; to treat with smoke |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | raukijaną | to smoke |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |