Where does “smoke” come from?
Smoke comes from Old English smoca, from Proto-Germanic smukô, from Proto-Indo-European (s)meug(h)-, ultimately traced to the same root as Proto-Germanic smaukaną and Proto-Indo-European (s)mewg-.
smoke (English): The visible vapor/vapour, gases, and fine...
Definitions
- The visible vapor/vapour, gases, and fine...
Ancestry of “smoke”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | smoke | — |
| 2 | Old English | smoca | smoke |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | smukô | smoke, nebulous air |
| 4 | Danish | smug- | secretly |
Words derived from “smoke”