Where does “smell-smock” come from?
smell-smock (English) comes from English smock, from Middle English smok, from Old English smocc, from Proto-Germanic smukkaz, from Proto-Germanic smukkōną, from Proto-Germanic smuknéh₂-.
smell-smock (English): A promiscuous man
Definitions
- A promiscuous man
Ancestry of “smell-smock”, step by step
smell-smock traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English smock
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | smock | A type of undergarment worn by women; a shift or... |
| 2 | Middle English | smok | — |
| 3 | Old English | smocc | smock |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | smukkaz | smock, shift, something slipped into |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | smukkōną | to slide into, slip through; to creep, slink |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | smuknéh₂- | — |
via English smell
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | smell | A sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by... |
| 2 | Middle English | smellen | To sense a smell or smells; To give off an odor;... |
| 3 | Old English | smiellan | to fume, reek |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | smallijan | to glow, burn, smoulder |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | smel- | to burn, smoulder, smoke; tar, pitch; to burn,... |