Where does “meeroken” come from?
meeroken (Dutch) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
meeroken (Dutch): to inhale smoke from a nearby smoker
Definitions
- to inhale smoke from a nearby smoker
Ancestry of “meeroken”, step by step
meeroken traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch roken
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | roken | to smoke; to smoke, to produce smoke |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | rôken | to smoke, to give off smoke |
| 3 | Old Saxon | rōkian | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | raukijan | to cause smoke; to treat with smoke |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | raukijaną | to smoke |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Dutch mee
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | mee | adverbial form of met; along, together; able to... |
| 2 | Dutch | mede | co-; With someone or something else; mead |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | mede | together, with; in accordance; furthermore, with... |
| 4 | Old Dutch | mithi | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | midi | with, by, through; along, together; middle, mid |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | midi | with, by, through; along, together |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | meth₂ | with |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mé | in the middle of, near, by, around, with |