Where does “smokejumping” come from?

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

smokejumping (English): Landing by parachute to fight fires; the work of a smokejumper

Definitions

  1. Landing by parachute to fight fires; the work of a smokejumper

Ancestry of “smokejumping”, step by step

smokejumping traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English smoke

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

via English jumping

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishjumpingExuberantly active; in full swing; present...
2EnglishjumpTo propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or...
3Arabicجَنْب—
Every word from Danish smug- →