Where does “smøge” come from?
smøge (Danish) comes from Old Norse smeygja, from Proto-Germanic smaugijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
smøge (Danish): to take clothes off (or on)
Definitions
- to take clothes off (or on)
Ancestry of “smøge”, step by step
smøge traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old Norse smeygja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | smeygja | to slip |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | smaugijaną | to make slip, cause to get down |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 6 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Low German smöken
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Low German | smöken | to smoke |