Where does “oproken” come from?
oproken (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.
oproken (Dutch): to completely consume [a cigarette, pipe, etc.] by smoking
Definitions
- to completely consume [a cigarette, pipe, etc.] by smoking
Ancestry of “oproken”, step by step
oproken 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 |