Where does “smoken” come from?

smoken (Dutch) comes from English smoke, from Middle English smoke, from Old English smoca, from Proto-Germanic smukô, from Danish smug- — secretly.

smoken (Dutch): to smoke, especially cannabis or hashish

Definitions

  1. to smoke, especially cannabis or hashish

Ancestry of “smoken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsmokeThe visible vapor/vapour, gases, and fine...
2Middle Englishsmokesmoke
3Old Englishsmocasmoke
4Proto-Germanicsmukôsmoke, nebulous air
5Danishsmug-secretly
Every word from Danish smug- →