Where does “smokeshop” come from?

smokeshop (English) comes from English shop, from Middle English shoppe, from Old English sċeoppa, from Proto-Germanic skupp-, from Proto-Indo-European skub-.

smokeshop (English): A shop selling tobacco and smoking supplies

Definitions

  1. A shop selling tobacco and smoking supplies

Ancestry of “smokeshop”, step by step

smokeshop traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English shop

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishshopAn establishment that sells goods or services to...
2Middle Englishshoppe—
3Old Englishsċeoppa—
4Proto-Germanicskupp-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanskub-—

via English smoke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsmokeThe visible vapor/vapour, gases, and fine...
2Middle Englishsmokesmoke
3Old Englishsmocasmoke
4Proto-Germanicsmukôsmoke, nebulous air
5Danishsmug-secretly
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skub- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skupp- →Every word from Old English sċeoppa →