Where does “Smokies” come from?
Smokies (English) comes from English smoky, from English smoke, from Middle English smoke, from Old English smoca, from Proto-Germanic smukô, from Danish smug- — secretly.
Ancestry of “Smokies”, step by step
Smokies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English smoky
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | smoky | Filled with smoke; Giving off smoke; Of a colour... |
| 2 | English | smoke | The visible vapor/vapour, gases, and fine... |
| 3 | Middle English | smoke | smoke |
| 4 | Old English | smoca | smoke |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | smukô | smoke, nebulous air |
| 6 | Danish | smug- | secretly |
via English S
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | S | The ordinal number nineteenth, derived from this... |